abed
Example Sentences
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But we have also filled our cemeteries with those who defied the remedies of sunshine and citrus, and died abed anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Above the narrow little room where May and Timothy sit plotting, their father lies abed, his wits gone haywire.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
I began to notice I was losing sleep about a decade ago − at first just a little top-and-tailing of the main period of repose, so I lay abed an hour or so less.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2015
“Respectable” women were abed and largely avoided Whitechapel to begin with.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2014
One day, she promised herself as she lay abed, one day she would allow herself to be less than strong.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
