charpoy

Example Sentences

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As we talk sitting on a traditional charpoy bed, his granddaughters bring us a plate of pears they’ve picked from their garden.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

“What wrong have I done, that God gave me such a huge punishment?” she said one recent evening, seated on a bright yellow charpoy, a woven bed, outside her brick house.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

"I am all they have left," he tells the BBC, perched on a metal charpoy - a traditional bed - underneath a tent.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2022

Three goats reclined on a charpoy, a bed woven on a frame, nearby.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020

Chandra lay down on her charpoy, and I lay down on mine.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan