pillow
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To see if a higher front helps you sleep better, you can try McCarthy's towel trick by rolling it and placing it underneath your pillow.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
McCarthy says how much you sink into your mattress "makes a huge difference in the subsequent height you then need from the pillow".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
If your pillow feels too flat, McCarthy suggests placing a folded towel underneath and changing the number of folds to adjust the height.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
In general, the broader you are the thicker the pillow you will need.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
With trembling fingers, I tucked it under Mawuli’s pillow.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Sales of nonfood items—throw pillows, kitchen gadgets and apparel—tend to garner higher margins and aren’t categories where Walmart already dominates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 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
Reusable ice packs, freezer blocks or cooling pillows may help some people feel more comfortable.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
As I leaned back into Great-great-aunt Florentine’s pillows, I was filled to overflowing with a longing to talk with her.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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
Early morning, I was on a sleep cloud, tucked in on a pillowed four-poster bed, a slow ceiling fan ruffling a pinned-up muslin mosquito net.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 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
When the tightness inside her finally relaxed, she lay down on the earth, her cheek pillowed on her hand, staring slackly at the faint outlines of her mother’s tombstone in the dark.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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The musical orchestration pillowing their voices is lovely, the singing sincere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
He lay back, pillowing his head on his hands.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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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
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Kaede rolled over, pillowing her head on her bent arm to look at him.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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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
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