Example Sentences

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On a recent Saturday, Independence Bank worked with the Housing Authority of Bowling Green and other volunteers to provide more than 40 beds, frames, box springs and bedding to people in need.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2016

On that sits as many as 2,000 individual coils used in the box springs, which are manufactured onsite.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2015

Other concealed areas held a number of mattresses and box springs.

From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 24, 2014

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, for example, tell allergic consumers to encase mattresses, box springs and pillows in special allergen-proof fabric covers.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2011

Next, Lily lifted a corner of the mattress and raked her arm along the box springs, reaching in between all the way up to her armpit.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English