featherbed

Example Sentences

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Alastair Cook scored 244 not out on this ground in 2017 but despite this pitch offering more assistance to bowlers than that featherbed, Australia will look to build a match-defining lead on day two.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2021

The lights flickered on and weightlessness returned, cradling me like a featherbed.

From Nature • Oct. 17, 2017

“The program has also become a kind of featherbed for parents who might have, in the past, considered redshirting their children.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2016

The pitch for that match was a slow featherbed which contributed to a bore draw.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2013

When die fire was out, they carried off the singed featherbed, burned away the worst of the smoke, and brought up a,tub.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin