mattress

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Recent Examples of mattress Others add a top layer of soft memory foam that regulates the mattress’s temperature and adjusts to the natural highs and lows of the user’s body. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025 Her mattress was taken away, and she was only allowed to sleep on a tablecloth on the floor while restrained, according to court documents. Louis Casiano , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025 Top red flags related to cleanliness include a dirty bathroom, dishes or takeout boxes everywhere, no shower curtain, having a mattress on the floor, and clothes on the floor. Essence, 23 Oct. 2025 Many residents said the flooding reached the ceiling of their homes, and so much — from mattresses to appliances to cars — was now irreparable. Cristopher Rogel Blanquet, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mattress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mattress
Noun
  • The mother had tried to check on her daughter before going to bed, but the daughter's door was locked.
    Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The measure would provide $45 billion to expand ICE’s detention capacity to nearly 100,000 beds, $14 billion for transportation and removal operations and $8 billion to hire 10,000 new deportation officers.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Threshold Chenille Throw Blanket Measuring 50 by 70 inches, the throw is large enough to drape across a sofa, bed, or an accent chair to add texture to a room while compact enough to fold up and take with you.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The 1,200-square-foot suites include a bedroom with a king bed and twin bunk beds and a family parlor space with a pull-out sofa, kitchenette, table with seating for six, and an oversized balcony (perfect for watching theme park fireworks in the distance).
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Shailene Woodley is upstairs from Animal Haven, a pet shelter tucked just off Canal Street in downtown Manhattan, curled into a couch on a quiet fall morning.
    Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The deluxe cabins are slightly smaller, but ingenious, with sofabeds and stools that pull double duty as couches and coffee tables.
    Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On the second floor, there are still some rustic '70s-style futon mattresses built into roughshod beds.
    Chloe Schama, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But, to their credit, the new arrivals appeared slightly less horrified than when my now-wife first saw my NYC studio apartment that consisted of a futon mattress on the floor semi-covered in flakes of tracked over cat litter.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The substantial rails are inspired by 20th-century iron bedsteads, but the color pop is very much a modern twist.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
    Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024

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“Mattress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mattress. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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