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Example sentences for "pillow"

Lexicographically close words:
piller; pillers; pillion; pilloried; pillory; pillowcase; pillowed; pillowes; pillowing; pillows
  1. Now for some fun," said Duncan, starting up, and by way of initiative pitching his pillow at Eric's head.

  2. He had eyes only for a white face looking up to him from the pillow and his ear listened only for low moans that broke the darkness.

  3. He hardly knew more than that he ate and slept and that John was always at hand--to turn his pillow or speak to him or replace the light coverlet when it slipped off.

  4. I did not see any bed, but there was a pile of fresh, sweet fern in one corner, with a pair of clean sheets spread on it, which I suppose she sleeps on, and there certainly was a feather pillow lying at the top.

  5. He found Leonora in bed, her hair spread over the pillow in waves of gold, her eyes closed, and a smile on her lips, as if he had surprised her in the middle of a dream, where she had been tasting her memories of love.

  6. And he would roll furiously between the sheets, biting the pillow and moaning.

  7. With all these problems stated and none of them solved, she at last found a drowsy sensation about to overcome her, so settling back upon her pillow and drawing the blankets about her, she allowed herself to drift off into slumber.

  8. With that she turned her right cheek over on the pillow and was instantly fast asleep.

  9. At the chief's lodge I found a clean mat and pillow for me to sit on, and the before-mentioned pipe on a pair of small crutches before me.

  10. With body shattered by an inhuman and unequalled explosion, he smiled in death, while our flag waved triumphant in his sight, and expired without regret, on a pillow purchased with his life.

  11. Polly was in a little bandbox of a bedroom, looking more pink and white than ever against the linen of her frilled pillow slips.

  12. A large pillow was encased by day in blue (the uniform colour of all my decorations), and it was stripped at night to be soft and smooth for the cheek of the sleeper.

  13. And she gave the pillow she was stirring up a savage poke to relieve her feelings.

  14. It looks mean, and Jack hates being mean;" and she flung the pillow back into its place with such spirit that it went over on to the floor.

  15. Deb brought it, an' the lass seemed content, for she smiled an' fell back on the pillow holding a bit of the shepherd's plaid tight in her small fingers.

  16. The moment the prince was left alone he drew the ring from under his pillow and kissed it a thousand times.

  17. So she made his bed, and put a nice soft pillow for his head, and tucked him up.

  18. But the queen only smiled faintly, and turned over on her pillow and died.

  19. The magician seized her in the bed on which she lay, and was going to carry her off with him, when the little piece of paper which the old woman had placed under her pillow fell on the floor.

  20. I usually shoot or stab, but the pillow was the first thing handy.

  21. Sitting up and whirling his pillow he knocked Yussuf Dakmar off the bed on to the floor.

  22. When she had withdrawn, he put his face down on the edge of the pillow where his wife knelt, her face hidden.

  23. The sheet had been turned down, the pillow dented for her face.

  24. Mary shook the pillow into shape and placed it under her head.

  25. Mary stared into Sibyl's face and inanely patted the pillow tucked under her head.

  26. For me no funeral coronet, No tear-embroidered cushion place; But o 'er my fair lace pillow let My hair droop free about my face.

  27. Pale on the pillow of the sand I'll rest me well at evening brown.

  28. When we tire of it, when we weary of our fellow-man and turn the blasé cheek on the fresh pillow of mother-earth, how quickly is the pillow deserted once the mental frame is rested or renewed!

  29. Both of the old heads were laid back on the pillow made by the freshly-piled grasses.

  30. Our beds were the hard ground, with a rug and guanaco robe, our saddles turned upside down making as good a pillow as any one could wish.

  31. Nell turned over on her pillow and listened.

  32. Fumbling behind him, where the pillow had lain, he found a much-soiled handkerchief and tenderly dabbed at his swollen eye.

  33. Mattress and pillow were wool of their raising, their blankets and cloth their own weave.

  34. So hard and unforgiving did his expression seem to her that she was almost on the point of turning away, when she saw him sit down like a man overcome, and pillow his face in his hands.

  35. Contrary to his expectations, no sooner had he placed his head on the pillow the night before than he fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.

  36. Leonora took the ointment, but told the dueña that she could by no means get the key, for her husband had not put it under the pillow as usual, but between the mattresses, just under where he lay.

  37. As if a mirror had reflected the scene, I saw myself standing by the bedside, with the pillow that was to smother the sleeper in my hands.

  38. The eyes which had looked lovingly at Eunice began to look languidly now: his head sank on the pillow with a sigh of weak content.

  39. She said her prayers in her favorite corner of the room, and laid her head on the pillow with the luxurious little sigh which announces that she is falling asleep.

  40. The bedclothes were disordered, her head had sunk so low that the pillow rose high and vacant above her.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pillow" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    back; bear; bedding; blubber; bolster; brace; breeze; butter; buttress; carry; clay; cradle; cushion; dough; down; eiderdown; feather; fleece; floss; flue; fluff; foam; hold; kapok; litter; mainstay; maintain; mat; pad; pallet; pillow; plush; prop; pudding; puff; reinforce; rubber; rug; satin; shore; shoulder; silk; spring; stay; subsidize; support; sustain; swansdown; underlie; uphold; velvet; wax; wool