bedfellow

Example Sentences

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But fate is a fickle, unreliable bedfellow, especially for directors.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024

Peek inside Puerto Vallarta and you’ll discover a curious little pop-up shop inside the restaurant advertising “Himalayan Tea,” dosas, and pink salt, a theoretically strange bedfellow for a Mexican family restaurant.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2022

Is Musk a strange bedfellow they can live with to save people?

From Washington Post • May 3, 2022

Light, spiced and not too sweet – although if upping the sweetness is in order, they’d make a good bedfellow for that banana jam ...

From The Guardian • Jun. 19, 2020

There was a slight mist when John Longridge rose early the following morning, having fought a losing battle for the middle of the bed with his uninvited bedfellow.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford