bedroll

Example Sentences

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A man on a motorbike loaded with a bedroll and few possessions, who looked as if he was leaving too, said he didn’t know how the fire was caused, but it wasn’t a shell.

From BBC • May 28, 2024

A man dressed in military fatigues and carrying a backpack and bedroll struggled to find the electronic ticket on his phone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2022

Grainy pictures shot on cheap cellphones show dazed families from Yay Shin squatting on the forest floor with a few possessions scattered around them, like a cooking pot and a bedroll sodden with rain.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2021

When people didn’t want me to meet Julius Caesar, I had myself smuggled to him in a bedroll.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2019

Queenie sniffs a bedroll that has replaced the infested horse blanket.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen