How to Use bed in a Sentence

bed

1 of 2 noun
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  • 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
  • Finding the right glass is a little like Goldilocks finding her just-right bed.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The two overlapping openings make getting in and out of bed a breeze as well.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2023
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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
  • Prime members in the market for a comfortable bedding upgrade are in luck!
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023

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