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pillow

[pil-oh] / ˈpɪl oʊ /
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McCarthy, an associate professor at the Manchester School of Physiotherapy, says the right pillow will depend on what position you sleep in.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

For back sleepers, some manufacturers advertise a pillow with a dip in the middle that is raised at the sides.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

But they can change shape during the night, particularly if the sleeper moves around a lot and the pillow can end up bunched towards the headboard.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Someone who has a large and heavy head also needs a thicker and firmer pillow, he adds.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Then a faraway look came into his eyes as he rested his cheeks on both hands on his pillow.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Alan Jones and Kelly Fewery also said their family was "absolutely exhausted" after sleeping on the floor of Dalaman Airport in Turkey without blankets or pillows.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Sales of nonfood items—throw pillows, kitchen gadgets and apparel—tend to garner higher margins and aren’t categories where Walmart already dominates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Then I added the rigatoni and enough pasta water to turn the vegetables velvety, finishing each bowl with the crisp crumbs, little pillows of chèvre and torn basil.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Reusable ice packs, freezer blocks or cooling pillows may help some people feel more comfortable.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

“It would make a dreadful mess, too, since the pillows are stuffed with feathers.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

“He was wafted bodily up onto the wall and into the mural itself. He felt himself pillowed on clouds, and saw stretching before him a grand panorama of palaces and pavilions,” wrote Pu.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2020

But a new facade of pillowed concrete, along with arched skylights in the workshop areas, add touches of refinement to what is essentially a space to make artistic messes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2019

I raced through steep pine forests pillowed with heavy snow and frozen aspens, the Wasatch mountains rolling by in swirls of purple and brilliant white.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2016

So, in Bright Star, Keats is not just Romantic but romantic too: head pillowed upon fair Fanny’s breast, mooning about in blue velvet tails, he essentially speaks in his own verse.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2012

He curled up on the concrete with his head pillowed on his paws.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

The musical orchestration pillowing their voices is lovely, the singing sincere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

He lay back, pillowing his head on his hands.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Kaede built the small fire as quickly as she could, and Con pulled Shae’s sleeping form toward it, pillowing her head on a rolled-up blanket.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

I lie facedown on her bed, pillowing my head on my arms, completely drained in the aftermath of a hellish morning.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

Kaede rolled over, pillowing her head on her bent arm to look at him.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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