headboard
Americannoun
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headboards
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But they can change shape during the night, particularly if the sleeper moves around a lot and the pillow can end up bunched towards the headboard.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The very headboard of that bed sits in the exhibition; on it, Marquez painted fairy-tale creatures representing the lovers gallivanting across the woods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
His niece, the daughter of Ms Nazarova, was also in the house and had to be rescued by firefighters after a headboard was placed to block her door.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
The task of obtaining a headboard we'd bought on Facebook Marketplace, for example, involved the following:
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025
He had been sitting on his bed, leaning back against the headboard, but now he straightened, faced me.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
The bed-frame options come with walnut wood-trim headboards, satin or velvet upholstery and bullion fringe around the base.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
Inside Gabon’s complex, a high-end furniture gallery, strung with forestlike greenery, displays the final products: tables, bookshelves and headboards made of purple streaked kevazingo, golden bilinga and other tropical wood.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
But let's face it, not all headboards are created equal.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2022
Etsy’s trend expert, Dayna Isom Johnson, said self-expression is top of mind for dorm-bound kids in such things as faux headboards and unique dresser knobs.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
He made headboards out of hay bales which he lifted down with a single hand.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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