on the bed
idiom
: on top of the sheets, blankets, and bedspread of a bed
He lay on the bed for a long time.
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The encounter escalates when Sinnott grabs Frankel’s arms and presses him down on the bed while ordering Frankel to stop fighting with him.
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Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
Baltimore Fire Chief Jim Wallace said Tuesday that sonar showed multiple vehicles on the bed of the river.
—William Neff, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
They'd be chucked on the floor, and hangers on the bed.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
When investigators searched the master bedroom, an open gun box was sitting on the bed next to an empty box of 9mm ammunition, Stoyek testified.
—Nicki Brown, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
The jury also saw a photo of the Crumbley’s bedroom, where a photo of an empty gun case and box of ammunition was on the bed.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
He was found bloodied under a blanket on the floor, his skull split open, the lead pipe used to beat him left beside an American history textbook on the bed at their home in Arcadia.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Adam goes into the apartment and sees Harry’s body on the bed.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Officers responding to the call in a home on North Euclid Avenue found a woman, 27-year-old Britney Danielle Long, with a gunshot wound to her head lying on the bed.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
Baltimore Fire Chief Jim Wallace said Tuesday that sonar showed multiple vehicles on the bed of the river.
—William Neff, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
They'd be chucked on the floor, and hangers on the bed.
—Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
When investigators searched the master bedroom, an open gun box was sitting on the bed next to an empty box of 9mm ammunition, Stoyek testified.
—Nicki Brown, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
The jury also saw a photo of the Crumbley’s bedroom, where a photo of an empty gun case and box of ammunition was on the bed.
—Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
He was found bloodied under a blanket on the floor, his skull split open, the lead pipe used to beat him left beside an American history textbook on the bed at their home in Arcadia.
—Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
Adam goes into the apartment and sees Harry’s body on the bed.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Officers responding to the call in a home on North Euclid Avenue found a woman, 27-year-old Britney Danielle Long, with a gunshot wound to her head lying on the bed.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
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