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Recent Examples of bedstead
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.
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Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The Emerald Ridge room, for example, has original redwood-slat walls, an antique bedstead and river views, while the sunny Rhododendron boasts period wallpaper and a claw-foot tub.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
The only possible exit is a skylight, and the only means of reaching it is to build a tower from a bedstead and other bits of furniture.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
My dad had rigged a ramp up to a derelict bedstead and boarded over the springs.
—Jeanette Winterson, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
Our room’s vintage iron bedstead was set against walls painted a soft, saturated green.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2017
One room boasts crimson walls and a large white wooden bedstead, with pretty floral bedding.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2017
Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
The Emerald Ridge room, for example, has original redwood-slat walls, an antique bedstead and river views, while the sunny Rhododendron boasts period wallpaper and a claw-foot tub.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Orwell typed for hours upstairs, sitting on his iron bedstead in a tatty dressing gown, chain-smoking shag tobacco.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
The only possible exit is a skylight, and the only means of reaching it is to build a tower from a bedstead and other bits of furniture.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
My dad had rigged a ramp up to a derelict bedstead and boarded over the springs.
—Jeanette Winterson, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
In guest rooms, fires and lamplight illuminate upholstered sleigh beds or traditional turned-wood New England bedsteads.
—Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
Our room’s vintage iron bedstead was set against walls painted a soft, saturated green.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2017
One room boasts crimson walls and a large white wooden bedstead, with pretty floral bedding.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedstead
Noun
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Snap up coffee tables, sofas, patio furniture, bar stools, mattresses, and more before these deals expire.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Not just for mattresses or melatonin, but for devices that promise to decode our dreams, coach us into REM, and deliver the kind of rest that our grandparents took for granted.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This vegan leather option switches from a couch to a futon that’s only about 6 inches wider than a twin bed for a compact and reliable furniture piece.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Memoir Along Came Harvey Robin Richardson My father defaulted on his dreams, abandoned his daughter, and resigned himself to living on a futon in his parents' living room.—
Max Ufberg,
hazlitt.net,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Showing the breadth of design, Bettie Haute Couture’s capsule focused on precise tailoring which disrupted proportions in a rich pallet of fawns, creams, and beige.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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The drop-off also does not accept any pallets, boards, nails, fences, wire, bricks, stones or soil.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Atelier Medica by Clementine Sleepwear On average, one third of our lives are spent in bed.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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In October 2019, Tammy Daybell was found dead in her bed.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The upper level holds the bar and lounge, four guest rooms (including a six-bed bunk room, earmarked for the client’s grandchildren), and a large outdoor entertaining space.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
23 Mar. 2025
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My favorite hut is Zealand, because the wood-burning stove keeps the bunks toasty on chilly nights.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Bedstead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedstead. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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