bed
noun
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
was bedding
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past progressiveof bed.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Jurors were told that a lorry driver parked nearby was bedding down for the night at the time.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
France's Third Republic was bedding in, having seen off a final challenge from the monarchists, and across the country reforms were being introduced that limited the powers of the church.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2018
They went down the hall to a queer little room that had shelves from the floor to the ceiling and on every shelf was bedding of some sort.
From Mary Jane—Her Visit by Clara Ingram Judson
“Friends—dollars?” she replied scornfully, while the horse she was bedding moved fearfully away from her fork.
From The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies by Ridgwell Cullum
I say outrageous, for there was bedding enough on those unused beds, such as it was, to have done something towards relieving this suffering, but they would not permit them to have that.
From The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences by Hosea Quinby
