hassock

Example Sentences

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A hassock of grass cradled his back as he looked up.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2017

Jackson sat down again, and I perched on a hassock between brother and sister, separated by the glass top of a low table.

From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2016

Poor Nixon wouldn’t put his shoes up on a hassock unless he covered it with a towel, because it was White House furniture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 3, 2015

The camel-hide hassock, the bouquet of used plastic flowers, and the two secondhand bedspreads were quickly snapped up.

From Time Magazine Archive

When I’m changed, my mother makes a snow pack for my left heel and props it up on a hassock.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins