bedsheet
Americannoun
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bedsheets
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
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Origin of bedsheet
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In even a light breeze the polyester billows, like a bedsheet on a clothesline, providing enough shade for a family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
The darkness of the woods and muddy terrain was just as effective scenery as any of the bedsheet drapery or wooden flats that had been set up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
“First, it should surprise no one that there was DNA on the bedsheet that matched the DNA inside Ms. Nickens,” wrote Sara G. Vanore, an assistant district attorney in Delaware County, Pa.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
On the front of the first minibus, a bedsheet was placed, with a message to the militias written on it: there are children on board.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2023
“What’s this ?” cried out McWatt, late in the afternoon, as Milo handed him half his bedsheet.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Luxurious bedsheets, a reflective Dame Tracey told Kuenssberg, is her "reward" for having lived through a much messier youth and young womanhood.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026
Amazon, the Jeff Bezos-owned online retailer that sells items ranging from electronics to bedsheets, started carrying groceries and household essentials more than two decades ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
It’s 11:47 p.m., and Sarah is changing her father’s bedsheets for the second time in one night.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 25, 2025
The ceiling is bright white, like my bedsheets and comforter.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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