mattress

Example Sentences

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She has been sleeping on a mattress on a classroom floor for months after fleeing her now destroyed border village after the previous hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah erupted.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

To supplement the noise, it has flashing red lights and a bed-shaking puck for under the mattress or pillow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The room was so small, they had to take turns if they wanted to lie down, and placed a piece of cardboard over a sewer hole as a makeshift mattress.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

It shows her injured leg stretched out on the mattress.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

She sat on the edge of one cot; the thin, lumpy mattress and pained squeak of the old springs made her sigh with contentment.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood