bedroll

Example Sentences

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On Omaha, the deadliest invasion beach, AP’s Whitehead lost his bedroll and equipment and nearly his life as he landed with the 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

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

Once, she added, “he slept under a wagon in the snow, freezing cold in his bedroll, because there was no room in the bunkhouse.”

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022

Ifoma Uche suspended a black bin bag over her bedroll: she was sleeping in a bush.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2017

She had never hiked up a snow-capped mountain with a bedroll strapped to her back, or pitched a tent in a monsoon, or gathered wood for a campfire over which to prepare her morning tea.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood