bed down
Example Sentences
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The official statistics are essentially the number of people sleeping or about to bed down in the open air or in buildings not designated for habitation, such as car parks, on a single night.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
About 80% of the children at Berry Creek School still bed down each night in an RV or mobile home, according to Patsy Oxford, the former school superintendent.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
The moose vacated the building but hung around in the building’s semicircular drive for a bit before heading to the other side of the building to bed down for an afternoon.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2023
They roam through the abandoned city of Pripyat and bed down in the highly contaminated Semikhody train station.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023
Although the mosquitoes are thick tonight and the bus would no doubt offer some refuge, I decide not to bed down inside Fairbanks 142.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
