Example Sentences

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Cushioned chairs once used for official functions stand covered with dust, a few paintings still hang on the walls, ragged chandeliers dangle from the ceilings.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025

Cushioned by critical public services, helicopter demand suffered less of a battering from COVID-19 than the grounded airline industry.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022

Cushioned by a bountiful box-office advance, it ran for 20 months — shorter than hoped for a starry show based on beloved characters, but hardly a flameout.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2020

Cushioned by family money, he had a bluffer’s attraction to risk.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2019

By—they are by with mirth and tears, Wit or the works of Desire— Cushioned about on the kindly years Between the wall and the fire.

From Songs from Books by Kipling, Rudyard