bedpost

[ UK /bˈɛdpə‍ʊst/ ]
NOUN
  1. any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead
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How To Use bedpost In A Sentence

  • I traced the carved mahogany bedposts with my fingertips, and went to the window, blurry with dust and grime.
  • I quickly dialed the number and impatiently drummed my fingers on my bedpost as the phone rang.
  • Hitched to the bedpost was a poor, worn little stocking, arranged with much care so that Santa Claus should have as little trouble in filling it as possible. Children of the Tenements
  • There was a large queen size bed with slender bedposts that held curtains, the same color as the soft berry colored satin sheets that seemed to glimmer with the light, and plush white feathery pillows.
  • Inside they found him sitting at the small wooden desk in the corner, his hat hung on one of the four bedposts and jacket thrown on the foot of his bed; the perfect picture of a cowboy.
  • She would not lie down but stayed on her feet, half asleep, holding on to the bedposts.
  • The England manager, naturally, is much more discreet and gentlemanly in his replies, refusing to count the bedpost notches or pass an opinion on his partners' motivations.
  • In the corner I could make out a bed with glowing vines trailing snakelike up the bedposts and under the window sat a desk with a sea serpents engraved into the dark wood.
  • He lay on his side, staring at the pattern of the wood grain on the bedpost, wishing he could just drop off.
  • Amy cried out as she accidentally stubbed her toe on one of the wooden bedposts.
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