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Recent Examples of quilt
Noun
Featuring knit and crochet items, baby quilts, floral arrangements, jewelry and wooden crafts. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2025 Both the pad and the quilt, however, are extra items that the user has to carry in what is likely already a cramped backpack. New Atlas, 3 June 2025
Verb
It’s located close to the Cabot Trail, the 186-mile-long hiking path that quilts Cape Breton Island. Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 26 May 2025 The dress showcased a minimalist design, highlighted by a high neckline and quilting embellishments along the side seams and hem. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for quilt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quilt
Noun
  • Step 3: Wash The Bedding Strip off all of your bedding, including your sheets, pillowcases, comforter or duvet, and mattress topper/cover.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 14 June 2025
  • See our guide to the best organic bedding for a full selection of our favorite sheets and comforters, but here are a couple of our favorites.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 11 June 2025
Verb
  • These include painting, drawing, digital art, or even crocheting.
    Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • Knitting and crocheting may your avenue for getting into grandmacore.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Made with 100% cotton sateen, opting for this cover will add a polished finish to your bedspread.
    Jacorey Moon, Architectural Digest, 21 June 2025
  • The complete set comes with a cozy bedspread and two matching pillow shams to match.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2025
Verb
  • He can be found yelling at the TV when the Bears play, working on his tennis and golf game, endlessly searching for the world’s tastiest donut, and enjoying retirement with my Mom, who is sure to be knitting something colorful and comfy.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 11 June 2025
  • There are technical ways to knit together networks, but those aren’t foolproof.
    Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • The coverlet is reversible and also comes with two 20x26x2-inch matching shams for an overall chic coastal grandma vibe.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
  • Shoppers are fans of the design and weight of the coverlet.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Donning a shawl embroidered with floral patterns traditionally designed by women from Paete, her parents’ hometown, this Maria folds her arms in defiance, her face stern.
    Hung Duong, Artforum, 18 June 2025
  • After Appeals Court Pauses Ruling A note to viewers who like historical dramas for the costumes, the art production in this drama is lovely and the hanboks are ornately embroidered.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • The coco puffs and poi mochi doughnuts are the stuff of Honolulu legend.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2025
  • Resembling a small pale puff, the twirling dust devil popped up 3 miles behind the rover during this month’s photo shoot.
    Marcia Dunn, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Beneath wall text describing Báthory’s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane.
    Sam Lipsyte, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
  • The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane.
    Jon Meacham, House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013

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“Quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quilt. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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