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bedsheet

[bed-sheet] / ˈbɛdˌʃit /
NOUN
fitted sheet
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In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

In a small, oil-stained alley in Long Beach, under a yellow bedsheet tied to a chain-link fence, Fernando Gonzalez sat cross-legged, fighting off sleep amid the summer heat.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2024

“First, it should surprise no one that there was DNA on the bedsheet that matched the DNA inside Ms. Nickens,” wrote Sara G. Vanore, an assistant district attorney in Delaware County, Pa.

From New York Times Jul. 25, 2023

As her mother walked out of the house, Songmi curled under her bedsheet and cried.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2023

Thumbtacks at the comers pinned four white scraps of bedsheet to the plywood.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

The pressure to make precisely the right choice — or else — is what’s gotten society’s bedsheets in a twist.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Luxurious bedsheets, a reflective Dame Tracey told Kuenssberg, is her "reward" for having lived through a much messier youth and young womanhood.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2026

It’s 11:47 p.m., and Sarah is changing her father’s bedsheets for the second time in one night.

From MarketWatch Nov. 25, 2025

“They had us cut up old bedsheets into strips for bandages. You should see the blister I’ve got on my thumb. It’s a real whopper.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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