futon

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Recent Examples of futon Diamond explains that traditional Japanese futons are known as shikibutons, made with layers of cotton or wool, but the typical futon is often filled with synthetic foam and chemicals. Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2025 So when powerful Santa Ana winds battered his house on the night of Monday, January 5, Goldner, a rock climbing coach and video director, dragged his futon into the living room and slept there with his two dogs, just to be safe. Gavin Feek, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025 In order to do so, however, the futon has to be moved away from the wall, which could be inconvenient. Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Jan. 2025 Better Homes & Gardens Reading Futon This reading futon is a great solution for hosting guests and lounging around during the day. Kelsey Fredricks, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for futon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for futon
Noun
  • Snap up coffee tables, sofas, patio furniture, bar stools, mattresses, and more before these deals expire.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • 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.
    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
Noun
  • Stacks and stacks of Coca-Cola Consolidated products sit on pallets nearly to the industrial warehouse ceiling.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Police said Perez ran a pallet company on a property owned by Reveles and Torres, and Reynaldo worked there.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • My favorite hut is Zealand, because the wood-burning stove keeps the bunks toasty on chilly nights.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If that wing was being used, there would be more beds upstairs.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The team’s biggest concerns for 390’s recovery since July has been that the growth bed would be too damaged for the keratin to regrow and that the bone that supports the entire structure of the upper beak may have too much missing and grow back together.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the living room, the sofa pillows stood perfectly upright, and there was nary a water ring on any of the polished furniture.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2025
  • There's a flexible hose to nab hard-to-reach messes, a transparent crevice tool for corners and sofa cushions, as well as a dust brush to loosen hair and dust from upholstery.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025

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