How to Use bed in a Sentence

bed

1 of 2 noun
  • The blanket by the fireplace is the dog's bed.
  • There are two beds in the hotel room.
  • Her bed was a mound of soft pine needles.
  • The room contains only a bed and a dresser.
  • He lay in bed all morning.
  • I'm planning on putting a bed of perennials in that corner of the yard.
  • The headboard was touching the wall and the left side of the bed was touching the wall.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Even better, the bed sheets are up to $20 off at the moment.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The couch area in the back of the photo pulls out for a roughly full-sized bed (for two).
    Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 31 May 2023
  • Deputies found Eric Richins on the floor at the foot of the bed, the document said.
    Julianne McShane, NBC News, 12 June 2023
  • The second group are tourists sent by inns and bed and breakfast hosts in the area.
    Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Here's why getting to bed in the wee hours may—or may not—be bad for your health.
    Amanda MacMillan, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Leah went back to her dorm room and lay in bed for almost two days straight.
    Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Each has its own dorm-style room with beds, dressers, nightstands and a minifridge.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • My husband must wash my hair now, bring me food in bed.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The only way to calm them down is to drag myself out of bed and fill their bowls.
    Anna Borges, SELF, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Why not use leap day to do a little bed rotting and catch up?
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Grab yourself a few to toss on your sofas and maybe grab a few for your beds, too.
    Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • There's nothing quite like a fresh coat of mulch in your garden beds.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
  • At a hospital a 3-year-old boy who lost his leg sits on a bed.
    NBC News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Just in time for cozy season, Amazon marked down a bunch of soft bed sheets.
    Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • At 160 square feet, the rooms have a bed, nightstand, dresser and mini fridge.
    Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Then one fateful night in August, Ernestine and I are about to go to bed.
    Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • There is also a storage bin under the bed floor, though.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There is a total of 11 rooms including four beds and two-and-a-half baths.
    ELLE Decor, 7 June 2023
  • They should be placed on a hard and stable surface, and not a bed, couch, or pillow.
    Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2023
  • Female elk are known to bed calves close to buildings and under cars.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • Nothing beats the feeling of drifting off to sleep in a soft, cozy bed after a long day.
    Samantha Jones, Women's Health, 10 Aug. 2023
  • It’s also been reported that the range can plunge to just 200 miles without the beds tonneau cover.
    Lawrence Hodge / Jalopnik, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
  • In preparation for the summer months, the city of Phoenix is currently constructing 790 new shelter beds and earlier this month the City Council went over plans to extend library hours to offer overnight respite and other preventative efforts.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2024
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bed

2 of 2 verb
  • He has fantasies about bedding a fashion model.
  • The trap is bedded in the smooth, disturbed ground in front of the hole.
    Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Humans reach this stage before the embryo beds down in the wall of the uterus.
    Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 21 June 2018
  • The rest comes in four standard bedding sizes: twin, twin XL, full, and queen.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The deal puts to bed any prospect of Barber buying out the company.
    Anousha Sakoui, Bloomberg.com, 14 June 2018
  • The Warriors got a fly-out and strikeout before putting the Huskies to bed on a final fly-out.
    Evan Dudley, al, 19 May 2022
  • Sometimes that bedding area could be within 300 yards of the scrape or a half mile away.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Many of the homeless people who bed down for the night along this stretch of the Euston Road have disappeared as well.
    The Economist, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Deer and others bed down under them for warmth in winter and to stay cool in summer.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
  • Repeating the background color on the trim of the bedding ties the look together.
    Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2023
  • One such place is the short stretch of Shatto Place where Yi used to live, around the corner from where Alvarado beds down.
    Doug Smith, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • Keep reading for the best Black Friday mattress sales and bedding deals.
    Samantha Sharf, wsj.com, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The cover these annuals provide is so thick that deer will often bed right in the plot.
    Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Guests wanting more of a desert vibe can bed down in a king or queen deluxe decked out with cacti and succulents.
    Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Keep scrolling to check out the rest of our top picks, and then head to Walmart to see all the impressive bedding deals happening now.
    Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2024
  • They’ll be bedded up in brush or creekbottoms, or even a brushy fence-line corner or a tree row.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Main street—the wide trench that ran through the center of camp—was bedded with what Langway recalls as filthy white quicksand.
    Jon Gertner, WIRED, 12 June 2019
  • The rut has all but ended, meaning deer are bedding down and not moving as much as earlier in the month.
    Todd Richmond, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Keep in Mind The dryer tends to leave some items damp in large loads, especially bedding.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Big bucks are more solitary, and often bed away from other deer in dense cover.
    Jason Tome, Outdoor Life, 17 Feb. 2021
  • Spurning advice to pack bear spray, the thru-hiker took shelter from the wind by bedding down in the lee of a remote outpost.
    Matt Maynard, Outside Online, 25 June 2018
  • They’d been housed in cages that were too small and didn’t have bedding; none of the enclosures contained food or water, the complaint said.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2024
  • And give your bedroom a refresh with Black Friday’s bedding deals.
    Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
  • While the name seems self-explanatory, there's more than meets the eye to this bedding essential.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Like many patients currently in ICU beds all around the world, John has pneumonia in both lungs.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Your purchase will also come with a free bedding bundle of sheets and pillows.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 9 Mar. 2023
  • There are even some great sales at bedding brands like Brooklinen and Parachute.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Bond has been bedding women and leaving them for dead for over half a century.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 15 July 2019
  • Barrels are cold hammer forged and free floated via a bedding block system used in all but the Hunter models.
    Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Brooklinen offered one of the best deals during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and now the cult-favorite bedding brand will kick off a second (and third) round of deals to kick off spring.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 26 Mar. 2024

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