box spring
Example Sentences
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A box spring, leaning on its side against the open door of an empty refrigerator, blocked one corner of the room.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2023
Smith did not own a gun, but police found the knife between his mattress and box spring.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022
She stood next to a waterlogged twin mattress and box spring — the remnants of water damage sustained after a fire two floors above forced her from her home days after Christmas.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2022
The boudoir here has no four-poster bed or even a headboard, just a single mattress on a box spring with an unstable pile of books nearby.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2020
The rest of us went to bed on the box spring.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
