featherbed

Example Sentences

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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

Bit worried, the pitch looks a featherbed without Mitchy bowling on it.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2010

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

Shae murmured sleepily and rolled toward him when he sat on the edge of the featherbed.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin