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

Since arriving in Hagerstown, Ms. Campbell has been sleeping in the back seat of her truck’s extended cab, on a bedroll covered with an American flag-patterned bedspread.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2022

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

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2017

I was too excited to just sit like the man said, so I picked up my bedroll and walked around.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson