bedside
- the side of a bed, especially as the place of one attending the sick.
- at or for a bedside: a bedside table.
Origin of bedside
Examples from the Web for bedside
Contemporary Examples of bedside
He kept his iPhone by his bedside and would draw the dawn using the Brushes app.
She also advises finding a doctor and a bedside nurse who are comfortable with the procedure.
She had been there as my mother and I sat with him around the clock, sleeping by his bedside, anxiously checking his vitals.
Bucca ignored what must have been excruciating pain as he made his way to the bedside of Police Officer Steven McDonald.
Online diagnoses are delivered hyperbolically and without a shred of bedside manner.
Historical Examples of bedside
The doctor was sitting by the bedside, watching the effect of something he had given her.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Rico went to the bedside, and looked at the child in silence.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
She took his hand in both hers, as she often took her mother's, and stood by the bedside.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
At last she returned to Andrew, and seated herself by his bedside.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
A year ago I was called to the bedside of a dying man, old in years and old in sin.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
bedside
- the space by the side of a bed, esp of a sick person
- (as modifier)a bedside lamp; a doctor's bedside manner