bed in
Britishverb
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(preposition) engineering to fit (parts) together accurately or (of parts) to be fitted together, either through machining or use, as in fitting a bearing to its shaft
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(preposition) to make or become settled and able to work efficiently in harmony
Example Sentences
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In the words of Damon Runyon, the bard of gambling lowlifes, “Mr. Bert Bell does not get out of bed in time for daylight games.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It was an unremarkable night after an unremarkable day in mid-July, and my husband and I were getting ready for bed in our Midtown Manhattan apartment when he let out a blood-curdling shriek.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the village of Andernos, Maria Lalanne, a 90-year-old who had fled Lege Cap Ferret, sat on a camp bed in a gym without her glasses or hearing aid, which she had left behind.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
An 89-year-old woman says she is routinely being helped to bed in the early afternoon because staffing pressures mean her full home care package is not being delivered.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
On the way back up the hall, I chanced to look in Grandpa’s room and saw that the bed in there wasn’t made up.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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