mattress

Example Sentences

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She has been sleeping on a mattress on a classroom floor for months after fleeing her now destroyed border village after the previous hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah erupted.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 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

For these travelers, the ultimate vacation luxury isn’t a nice view—it’s a mattress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

It shows her injured leg stretched out on the mattress.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Camille tosses around, trying to get comfortable, but the mattress is lumpy.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller