mattress

Example Sentences

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The two women, mother and daughter, sat on a mattress covering half the sidewalk on the shady side of Western Avenue, still shivering in the morning chill.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

After questioning Estelle, officers put her in the cell with a thin mattress on top of the concrete slab and a blanket donated by an airline, Hoppock said.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

The mattress is larger and thicker but no more comfortable than the ones in the economy pod.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

"I got a three inch memory foam mattress pad so it felt just like my bed at home," Ali says.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Two cots, a hay-filled mattress, a stove, a table, and four chairs.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes