mattress

Example Sentences

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To supplement the noise, it has flashing red lights and a bed-shaking puck for under the mattress or pillow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The room was so small, they had to take turns if they wanted to lie down, and placed a piece of cardboard over a sewer hole as a makeshift mattress.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Rauzah had hoped her children would have at least a mattress and a roof over their heads by now.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“We’re looking good,” she said, knocking on her wooden bedframe and testing the mattress.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Who needed a straw mattress when you could sleep on gold?

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff