day bed
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
The walls were bare, the day bed was gone.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 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 boy’s mother, Bridget Alex, told the station that she was at her sister’s home when her baby sitter frantically called her, saying her 6-month-old son had fallen from a day bed and was unconscious.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 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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