featherbed

Example Sentences

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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

Bit worried, the pitch looks a featherbed without Mitchy bowling on it.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2010

It would feel good to sleep on a featherbed again, with a warm fire in the hearth; when she was rested the world would seem less bleak.

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