mattress

Example Sentences

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"We lived like kings in our homes. Our life has become an ordeal," the old man said through tears, sitting on a mattress in his tent.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The room was so small, they had to take turns if they wanted to lie down, and placed a piece of cardboard over a sewer hole as a makeshift mattress.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

For these travelers, the ultimate vacation luxury isn’t a nice view—it’s a mattress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

It shows her injured leg stretched out on the mattress.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Hans took me up to the top of the house, to the attic, where I saw Karli lying stretched out on a mattress by a fire with Mutti kneeling over him, bathing his forehead.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo