featherbed
Example Sentences
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"He said riding that particular machine was like being on a featherbed as it was so smooth, and the name just stuck."
From BBC
The lights flickered on and weightlessness returned, cradling me like a featherbed.
From Nature
For instance, the girl who claims to be royal and passes the test because of the pea under layers of featherbeds in “The Princess and the Pea.”
From The New Yorker
Stars Hollow is not just a safety net, it’s a giant, fluffy featherbed.
From New York Times
Instead he argued in a 1989 piece, “The Weaknesses Amid Japan’s Economic Strengths,” that Japan’s anachronistic economic structure—such as a heavily featherbedded distribution system—would hurt the Japanese.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
