coverlet

Example Sentences

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Little Mativii, swaddled in a white coverlet, squirmed in his bassinet and yawned.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2022

The ’80s-era coverlet set in motion an idea Jamieson had been mulling over for some time: sewing a single spray of flowers onto T-shirts.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2019

When not moonstruck, the darkness itself is the draw, a coverlet silencing the day’s concerns, yet granting permission for thoughts to drift forever out into space – while remembering to yell “Car up!”

From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2019

I have: I once stress-purchased a yellow coverlet because I was dating someone new and concerned about my room looking put together.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2019

His bed was a mattress on the floor, the American flag draped over it for a coverlet, which even as a non-native, I thought most disrespectful.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez