box spring
Example Sentences
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A box spring, leaning on its side against the open door of an empty refrigerator, blocked one corner of the room.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2023
She stood next to a waterlogged twin mattress and box spring — the remnants of water damage sustained after a fire two floors above forced her from her home days after Christmas.
From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2022
She likes the SureGuard Mattress Encasement for both mattress and box spring.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2021
The boudoir here has no four-poster bed or even a headboard, just a single mattress on a box spring with an unstable pile of books nearby.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2020
My mother is lying on the floor next to me on her little box spring, and my little sister’s lying on the floor too.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
