cot

Example Sentences

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The law caught him: “a slot open, a cot waiting” in jail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Three-week-old Theo is fast asleep in a cot, unaware he is helping to trial new technology that could change the lives of others.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Jake, nestled into his sleeping bag on a cot underneath the museum's gigantic suspended model of a blue whale, said he was "so happy to be here."

From Barron's • Oct. 25, 2025

Attempting a nap, Larette lies on the break room cot, eyes closed, to no avail.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

It was the terrible sense of comprehension she’d felt when Baba’s eyes had closed on that cot so many years ago, when she’d realized he hadn’t gone to sleep but to someplace much farther away.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray