bedside
noun
the side of a bed, especially as the place of one attending the sick.
bedsides
-
pluralof bedside.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She’d log on to her computer and call into meetings from emergency rooms and hospital bedsides.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
If two patients, for example, are delirious upon waking from surgery, they both need someone to sit by their bedsides, even as a third or fourth patient may need assistance walking to the toilet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
He inspected damage and talked to people at their bedsides with his wife.
From Reuters ● Feb. 10, 2023
Since then, she has sat at the bedsides of about 100 dying people.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023
At night they “always had pitchers of ice water and fresh fruit with fruit knives” placed at their bedsides.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
