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

"We have to do it. Otherwise, they kill us," she said from her mattress, which was neatly arranged between the parking spot's painted lines.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

In the dirty gray light, Barry saw jagged hunks of wood, shattered glass, a twisted bicycle, a refrigerator, a stuffed penguin, a mattress covered with a pink blanket.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis