How to Use cot in a Sentence

cot

noun

• The cot is at the very front of the boat, its head tucked in the V shape of the bow.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• The gym is half-full, with 45 of its cots and mats taken.
  — oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2023
• He was known to sleep on a cot in the store during the early, lean years.
  — Madison Malone Kircher, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2021
• The man wakes up woozy and bandaged on a cot, his head throbbing.
  — Jen Spyra, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2021
• The lucky ones slept on cots, but most made do with thin blankets spread among bags and piles of trash.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2023
• The centers are open 24 hours and provide food, water and a cot to sleep.
  — oregonlive, 28 June 2021
• Found on a cot in a rear bedroom, his son, Binh La, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 7 July 2021
• One of the gems in the project was a nursery school, where farmers’ children could nap on cots.
  — Amity Shlaes, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
• The angry hum of the planes overhead like a swarm of disturbed hornets, the roar of the guns, the shake of the tent, the cot, the earth, won’t leave you at peace.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
• She was moved to a private room, where Hollis could sleep on a cot.
  — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2023
• In one corner, her daughter has strung blankets around her cot to build a fort for the cats.
  — Diana Markosian, National Geographic, 7 Oct. 2020
• Kermit and Cherrie carried Roosevelt to the hut and laid him on a cot.
  — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• The large banquet room was set up with cots, water and toiletries.
  — Kathy McCormack and Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2023
• Social workers have brought in cots so that not all children have to sleep on the floor, lawyers said.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2023
• Off to the side, pink bows tie off two sides of a small canvas tent to make visible the cot inside.
  — Emily Mesner, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
• The Garganos paired the cot with a bassinet to make the experience more home like, according to Megan Gargano.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2022
• Colors range from army cot green to washed spice orange.
  — Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
• Sting: Joe would be at rehearsals in his carry cot, propping up the bass drum.
  — Linda Laban, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
• In the sleeping area, everyone gets a bed with a thick mattress, rather than a cot.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 July 2021
• Rickey woke up in the middle of the night and saw Thomas sitting on the edge of the cot, rubbing his hands together.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• Paramedics arrived and escorted the man to a cot outside.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 14 Nov. 2020
• At least, such was the case with the Murphy bed, the iconic cot that folds up inside a cabinet.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 26 May 2022
• Perez, who is from Colorado, said some people had to wait in line for nearly six hours to get a cot to sleep on.
  — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2020
• Inside, the disgraced Axel Greylark was curled up on the cot.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2023
• Two new shelters are set to open in April and will take in the men who had been living in the cruise terminal, which held 1,000 cots.
  — Karen Zraick, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Dion, the foreign fighter, was catching up on rest on a narrow cot in coach.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
• Nick recalled asking Diane, pointing to the cot next to her.
  — Nick Maslow, PEOPLE.com, 11 Sep. 2021
• Thibodeaux got up one morning and sat on the edge of his prison cot, staring at the cigarette in one hand, the lighter in the other.
  — Mark Vancleave, Star Tribune, 2 Aug. 2015
• They should also be allowed a cot for sleeping and allowed protection from rain and wind.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• Signature Camp trips include lodging in tents, with group cooking gear, cots and sleeping pads provided.
  — Michael Salerno, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024