“She dragged herself into the lounge room and collapsed longways onto the sofa.”

“These are the people living in bed and breakfasts, sofa surfing with friends and moving from house to house with no fixed abode.”

“Stretched out next to the sofa was Julie, leafing lazily through a magazine.”

“Ease yourself into one of their cushy dark brown sofas, order up a whiskey sour and survey the scene.”

“The skeletons of outsized Victorian sofas and armchairs lies dotted around the parquet floors, their chintz entirely eaten away by white ants.”

“I have two brick-coloured sofas and floral curtains with brick and gold to match.”