bedsheet

Example Sentences

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In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

In a small, oil-stained alley in Long Beach, under a yellow bedsheet tied to a chain-link fence, Fernando Gonzalez sat cross-legged, fighting off sleep amid the summer heat.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

“First, it should surprise no one that there was DNA on the bedsheet that matched the DNA inside Ms. Nickens,” wrote Sara G. Vanore, an assistant district attorney in Delaware County, Pa.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

On the front of the first minibus, a bedsheet was placed, with a message to the militias written on it: there are children on board.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023

“That’s oppression to you? Ironing a bedsheet and perspiring?”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia