four-poster

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Recent Examples of four-poster The now-classic rounded shell car design wouldn’t come till later; the early cars looked like the back halves of Christmas sleighs covered with fabric canopies resembling those atop four-poster beds. — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 29 Aug. 2026 Once a social club that welcomed Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, the property relaunched in 2023 as a 159-key hotel, with four-poster beds, clawfoot tubs, and balconies in every room. — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2026 One accommodation felt like a suite fit for a king with a stone hearth, antlers anchored to the wall and a four-poster bed frame. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026 The house was so quiet, with floors made of the same marble as the maze, and curtains of pale velvet and four-poster beds, and the sanatorium feeling of glasses of milk that appeared daily on her bedside table. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for four-poster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for four-poster
Noun
  • The sofa is often the single largest expense in a living room, but the pieces around it drive much of the room’s visual impact.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Jorja Smith also appeared on the show, performing live before joining the other guests on the sofa.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • My accommodations unfolded in a graceful series of rooms with couches, a four-poster bed, and a dual-vanity bathroom.
    — Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Today, thieves barely need to leave the comfort of their own couch.
    — Mike McRae October 20, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Interiors are simple—there’s just a huge double bed, a daybed, and plump floor cushions.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Shown incomplete, it will be furnished with a bed that doubles as a daybed, since there's no room for a separate sofa.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The exterior is well equipped for leisurely days—including a shaded hammock, large deck, and a fire pit with Adirondack chairs beneath a string of bistro lights.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Its campsites are shaded by tall pine trees, ideal for hanging a hammock.
    — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • His pro partner Britt Stewart said that during their first conversation, the singer offered to sleep on a cot in the dance studio.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Eight years after Fourmile Creek flooded his Parkside East apartment and sent him to sleep on a cot inside Hoyt Middle School, Stanislaus Sesay was back in the same room, displaced again from the same Des Moines apartment complex.
    — Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 6 July 2026
Noun
  • The well-size main bedroom has leafy views and another decorative fireplace, although the person doing the listing’s photos has oddly chosen to hide it behind a bed; the second bedroom can easily handle a bunk-bed situation plus a sideboard.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The 19th century is long gone; phrenology is and was always bunk—so what lesson can the specimens teach me?
    — Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Four-poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/four-poster. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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