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The SomniBuds are powered by a slim, soft pad that can go under your pillow, mattress, or headboard – up to about 2-3 ft (under 1 m) away at the most.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The wide bed with its neo-Victorian brass headboard was conducive to pleasant thoughts and Leonora arranged herself for sleep.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Above her headboard, a small square painting floats on a blank wall like a postage stamp, recalling a cross above the bed.
—Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
While some items, like clothes or seat covers, can go straight into the wash, the same can’t be said for things like throw pillows or fabric headboards.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2025
The wide bed with its neo-Victorian brass headboard was conducive to pleasant thoughts and Leonora arranged herself for sleep.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Above her headboard, a small square painting floats on a blank wall like a postage stamp, recalling a cross above the bed.
—Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
While some items, like clothes or seat covers, can go straight into the wash, the same can’t be said for things like throw pillows or fabric headboards.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for headboard
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“Headboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headboard. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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headboard
noun
head·board
-ˌbō(ə)rd 
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a board forming the head (as of a bed)
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