box spring

Example Sentences

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A box spring, leaning on its side against the open door of an empty refrigerator, blocked one corner of the room.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2023

She stood next to a waterlogged twin mattress and box spring — the remnants of water damage sustained after a fire two floors above forced her from her home days after Christmas.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2022

Under a tree, Yeidi and her mother spotted a rusting box spring, left behind on the night of the evictions.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

The boudoir here has no four-poster bed or even a headboard, just a single mattress on a box spring with an unstable pile of books nearby.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2020

I reached swiftly between the mattress and box spring to grab the knotted old sock that contained my secret cash hoard.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer