featherbed

Example Sentences

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Although the pitch seems like a featherbed now, there is a suggestion of low bounce and turn.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

The lights flickered on and weightlessness returned, cradling me like a featherbed.

From Nature • Oct. 17, 2017

“The program has also become a kind of featherbed for parents who might have, in the past, considered redshirting their children.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2016

It was that shortage of variety that led Notts to gamble on a result pitch here, when a draw on a featherbed would have better-suited their title challenge.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2010

It would feel good to sleep on a featherbed again, with a warm fire in the hearth; when she was rested the world would seem less bleak.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin