eiderdown
Example Sentences
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Harvey’s memoir of her 2016 insomnia is “like a small and well-worn eiderdown quilt,” our reviewer, Alexandra Jacobs, wrote.
From New York Times • May 21, 2021
I pick it up and the flakes fall off like strands of eiderdown.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2019
The classic Goblin Teasmade is probably the best-known of these little gems that cater for our obsession with a nice cup of char before emerging from beneath the eiderdown.
From BBC • Sep. 7, 2018
How many homes have pressed sheets, or towels and robes as soft and white and warm as eiderdown?
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2018
I finger the thick toweled robes, read the labels on the amenities, pat the eiderdown quilts, inspect the well-stocked refrigerator, and step into the huge, empty, gleaming bathtub.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
