featherbed

Example Sentences

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Atherton, though, expects the groundstaff in Multan to serve up another featherbed.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

The lights flickered on and weightlessness returned, cradling me like a featherbed.

From Nature • Oct. 17, 2017

“The program has also become a kind of featherbed for parents who might have, in the past, considered redshirting their children.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2016

It was that shortage of variety that led Notts to gamble on a result pitch here, when a draw on a featherbed would have better-suited their title challenge.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2010

He was sleeping when Catelyn entered, his hair and beard as white as his featherbed, his once portly frame turned small and frail by the death that grew within him.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin