poor bed
Example Sentences
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Smoothing down the coverlet, she went away to get change, closing the door after her, and then, with a sigh of relief, Fan threw herself on to the poor bed.
From Fan : the story of a young girl's life by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
Up two flights of rickety stairs they carried the wasted form of Mary Gough, and laid her tenderly upon a clean but very poor bed.
From Sowing and Reaping by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
The furniture could not have been simpler—a rickety chair, a poor bed, and a broken-down table.
From Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet by Alice Carsey
A group of nuns was watching at the door of a cell, as one of their companions was giving the last touches to the poor bed which she was making.
From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Armando Palacio Vald?s
The furniture could not have been simpler—a bad chair, a poor bed, and a broken-down table.
From Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 by Edward Everett Hale
