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pillow

[pil-oh] / ˈpɪl oʊ /
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Minutes after an autistic 3-year-old lay her head on a Squishmallow stuffed toy and closed her eyes, Abigayle Hosking was ordered to take the makeshift pillow away and rouse the sleepy girl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Plutarch claimed that Alexander slept with Aristotle’s personally annotated “Iliad” under his pillow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Someone who has a large and heavy head also needs a thicker and firmer pillow, he adds.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

For back sleepers, some manufacturers advertise a pillow with a dip in the middle that is raised at the sides.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

I felt for my bed: there was the pillow.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

After the call, she collapsed on the bed and buried her head in her pillows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Alan Jones and Kelly Fewery also said their family was "absolutely exhausted" after sleeping on the floor of Dalaman Airport in Turkey without blankets or pillows.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

"I don't see an end to this," says Milan as he folds up the sheet and the pillows before heading to his job at a warehouse.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Then I added the rigatoni and enough pasta water to turn the vegetables velvety, finishing each bowl with the crisp crumbs, little pillows of chèvre and torn basil.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Like a fairy godmother waving a magical wand, she tapped open cabinet doors and pulled out extra fluffy pillows so that we might rest comfortably on the sofas and recover from our arduous expedition.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

But a new facade of pillowed concrete, along with arched skylights in the workshop areas, add touches of refinement to what is essentially a space to make artistic messes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2019

I raced through steep pine forests pillowed with heavy snow and frozen aspens, the Wasatch mountains rolling by in swirls of purple and brilliant white.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2016

So, in Bright Star, Keats is not just Romantic but romantic too: head pillowed upon fair Fanny’s breast, mooning about in blue velvet tails, he essentially speaks in his own verse.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2012

The hand-painted rugs and gilded décor of the famous Rue Cambon salon, where pillowed banquettes suggested an Istanbul tea house, showed the designer at his inventive best.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2010

I let go of the towel pillowed under my head, and my arm drifted off the bench to float weightless in midair.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

The musical orchestration pillowing their voices is lovely, the singing sincere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

I lie facedown on her bed, pillowing my head on my arms, completely drained in the aftermath of a hellish morning.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Kaede rolled over, pillowing her head on her bent arm to look at him.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

Kaede built the small fire as quickly as she could, and Con pulled Shae’s sleeping form toward it, pillowing her head on a rolled-up blanket.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

He lay back, pillowing his head on his hands.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw


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