box spring
Example Sentences
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Message: I’m presently sleeping on the floor I’m low income and can’t afford to buy a mattress and box spring.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022
She likes the SureGuard Mattress Encasement for both mattress and box spring.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 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 ran back to the bedroom and yanked up the mattress to peek at the box spring.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2019
Back then it was the closest thing she’d ever had to a love letter; for months she had slept with the book under her pillow, and later, slipped it between her mattress and box spring.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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