quilt

Example Sentences

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Husband said fans often looked like a "patchwork quilt" with different colours of shirts in the stands but were brought together by the national dress.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The quilt chart takes the lesson even further.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

Covered in fractal patterns like “the symmetrical innards of a halved cabbage,” the giant humanoid insect reclines, “a god-sized man sleeping atop the quilt of the land.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

I still get an urge to call her—to talk about a recipe, to discuss a quilt idea, to ask about how she navigated her early retirement years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

I emptied the crate, and Mae gave me an old quilt to line it.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate