coverlet

Example Sentences

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Little Mativii, swaddled in a white coverlet, squirmed in his bassinet and yawned.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2022

Flip this compact plain wood carrier for food, drinks and utensils and it becomes a low table for serving or eating poolside, on a beach blanket or on a coverlet in the grass.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2021

Not too cold, an ideal coverlet of snow over the city, plenty of eats … a conspicuous number of khaki clad boys returning to the family circle.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2020

When not moonstruck, the darkness itself is the draw, a coverlet silencing the day’s concerns, yet granting permission for thoughts to drift forever out into space – while remembering to yell “Car up!”

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2019

On a bunk under a patchwork coverlet lay a man whose white face was damp with sweat and whose eyes were glazed.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman