pillowcase

Example Sentences

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The kids are “going to have a pillowcase full of candy anyhow.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Clean Our Patch Community Interest Company said volunteers found the items hidden in a pillowcase in a carrier bag near the former railway depot at Laira in Plymouth on Wednesday.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

The haul at one pond on a recent day was enough to fill four sacks, each roughly the size of a large pillowcase.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Today, the annual roast is a two-day affair that begins on Friday afternoon when volunteers bring the pig to the garden, cut it open and place a pillowcase filled with aromatic veggies inside its belly.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2023

It’s a tangle of brown sheets, one lone swirl of a Mexican blanket, a sad flat pillow in a faded pillowcase.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson