mattress

Example Sentences

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We have barely enough furniture to fill half of it; we buy a new mattress without a bed frame and sleep on the floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

After questioning Estelle, officers put her in the cell with a thin mattress on top of the concrete slab and a blanket donated by an airline, Hoppock said.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

The mattress is larger and thicker but no more comfortable than the ones in the economy pod.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

"I got a three inch memory foam mattress pad so it felt just like my bed at home," Ali says.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

And in the center of the floor, on a bare mattress where I had once slept, was a brown-haired girl curled up into a ball.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron