bedsheet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bedsheet
Example Sentences
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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
As her mother walked out of the house, Songmi curled under her bedsheet and cried.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
I was up on the board beside Dad with half an old bedsheet wrapped around my middle, hidden under my shirt.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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