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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

Officers noticed a gas smell so called the fire service who entered and found Mrs Nash in the living room, while Louise was found on a bed, covered by a bedsheet.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2023

“What’s this ?” cried out McWatt, late in the afternoon, as Milo handed him half his bedsheet.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

Every inmate receives a bag containing two blankets, bedsheets, personal hygiene products and cleaning supplies, said Pierre Botton, a former inmate.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

At this, there was a rattle in the bushes, and Werfel appeared—“Hold, you scoundrel du Burgh!”—hopping on one leg, trying to untangle his bedsheets from the bushes.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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