day bed
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Perhaps you picture a day bed to be a piece of furniture made of white or black painted iron, padded with an ill-fitting mattress, camouflaged with toss pillows.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2023
Like Martins Marques’ ideal table that “is like a day bed / with its heart of trees, of forests.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022
Lying back on a tapestry-covered day bed, his eyes closed, he replies, “It means someplace safe.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2022
The sitter said 6-month-old Brandon Alex had fallen from a day bed and was unconscious.
From Washington Times • Mar. 14, 2017
Whoever got there first would get the lumpy day bed to herself, and the other two would share a double bed with an absolutely fantastic mattress.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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