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

Some 47% of 1,003 Americans surveyed by mattress company Sleepopolis currently take a sleep aid, with natural supplements like melatonin proving the most popular, in favour of prescription and over the counter medications.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

It shows her injured leg stretched out on the mattress.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

For them, the ultimate vacation luxury isn’t a nice view—it’s a mattress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

I stuffed my mattress and pillow with dried grass and used the rest to weave a rough tunic for myself, and mats to cover myself at night.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo