bedsheet
Americannoun
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bedsheets
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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
You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between bed and toilet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 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
“It’s half of the bedsheet that was stolen from your tent this morning,” Milo explained.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
According to the Hisbah, the support package a couple receives includes essential household items needed to establish a new home: beds, mattresses, bedsheets, pillows, furniture and food supplies.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
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
For all the digital wizardry emerging in war zones, armed combat still relies on explosive power, much of which comes from the same plants used to make T-shirts and bedsheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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
Makes me toss and turn in the stiff bedsheets while Connor snores gently, his drool pooling on his white pillowcase.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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