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
Clearly, from her look, there were not many things in the world she disliked more than a couch, a good eiderdown couch, that had been made up for sleeping purposes.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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