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verb

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Recent Examples of quilt
Noun
Use it for storing away seasonal clothes, or in the linen closet for holding onto extra sheets, pillows, blankets, towels, or quilts. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Mar. 2025 As library personnel were familiarizing themselves with the equipment Tuesday, Cordova was stitching a quilt together on the sewing machine, and Colin was embroidering a design. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
However, the quilted design keeps the weight evenly distributed. Health Editorial Team, Health, 14 Mar. 2025 This particular option comes in a subtle floral quilted pattern that is perfect for transitioning into the new season. Melony Forcier, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quilt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quilt
Noun
  • The comforter has hundreds of perfect ratings from Amazon shoppers.
    Melony Forcier, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Keep reading to find more great lightweight, cooling comforters and quilts below—all on sale.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Within the store, the boutique owner has worked to create a cozy, relaxing atmosphere that includes a large table where crafters can socialize, knit and crochet together.
    Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In a clip shared on Monday, March 24, Momoa, 45, wore a pink and purple crocheted sweater, while Black, 55, rocked one in shades of blue, green and purple.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The officers begin to remove the bedspread and pull her up.
    Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Stay Here: Opening its lavish doors in 1887, Hotel Splendide Royale calls to mind the gilded age of travel with its glamorous details, like dense drapery in the guest rooms and wallpaper that coordinates with the bedspreads.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This is our favorite set for ski season, thanks to the heavier Merino knit and tall neck that can be pulled up like a balaclava.
    Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Hadid makes enough light cashmere knits in a variety of colors with Guest in Residence to add some prep to your springtime step.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In the primary bedroom, a custom bed upholstered in Michael Smith fabric is dressed in a Hollywood at Home coverlet, while vintage floral sconces frame the headboard.
    Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Honestly, the coverlets deserve a three-bedroom house, one color in each room.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Both styles feature the soft salmon hue and black square intarsia drawn directly from the album cover, with a finishing touch of Bon Iver’s signature embroidered at the hem of the sweater.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Tributes included his number 49 embroidered on hats, stenciled in the fairway exactly 49 yards off the tee box of the 18th hole, and featured on the flag at the 18th green.
    Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Both rockets released their payloads—think ion guages, magnetometers, and vapor chasers; the latter released colorful puffs of gas—during an auroral substorm.
    Michael D'Estries, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025
  • One dines on such sophisticated and opulent appetizers as smoked salmon ravioli (a special on a recent night, $10), which were fat puffs of pasta stuffed with salmon and seasonings.
    Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Beneath wall text describing Báthory’s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane.
    Sam Lipsyte, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
  • The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane.
    Jon Meacham, House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013

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“Quilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quilt. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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