PILLOW in a Sentence

Learn PILLOW from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

192 example sentences for PILLOW, such as:

1. A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
2. He smothered the baby with a pillow.
3. There were no matches for fluffy down pillow.
4. The killer smothered the victim with a pillow.
5. She plumped up the pillows for her sick daughter.

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 Meanings and Examples of PILLOW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pillow
 n.  a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person
Classic Sentence: (180 in 13 pages)
1  He turned and looked at her where she lay indistinctly outlined under the dark calico quilt, her high-boned face taking a grayish tinge from the whiteness of the pillow.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  "I should cry into my pillow every night," said Scarlett, meaning to be flippant, but he took the statement at face value and went red with pleasure.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  She burrowed her head in the pillow and cried and kicked her feet at the tufted counterpane.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  She sank her face into the pillow again and, after a whispered conference, the two standing over her tiptoed out.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
5  "But she's such a stick," thought Scarlett, pounding the pillow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  She turned and tossed on the hot pillow until a noise far up the quiet street reached her ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
7  To be sure, she still jumped at the sound of explosions but she did not run screaming to burrow her head under Melanie's pillow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
8  On the morning of the first of September, Scarlett awoke with a suffocating sense of dread upon her, a dread she had taken to her pillow the night before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
9  She began calling for Ashley, over and over, as if in a delirium until the hideous monotony gave Scarlett a fierce desire to smother her voice with a pillow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  "They're coming," whispered Melanie undeceived and buried her face in the pillow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
11  After a long time, she lay weakly on her face, the earth as soft and comfortable as a feather pillow, and her mind wandered feebly here and there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
12  "You look like a nigger," murmured Scarlett, burrowing her head wearily into its soft pillow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  Sometimes he awoke at night and heard the soft sound of tears muffled in the pillow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
14  That's your home, mumbled Scarlett, toying with a pillow and keeping her eyes down to hide dawning triumph in them as she felt the tide turning her way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
15  "I won't think of it now," she said desperately, burying her face in the pillow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
Example Sentence:
1  He smothered the baby with a pillow.
2  He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
3  The killer smothered the victim with a pillow.
4  A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
5  He punched the pillow in an effort to release his anger.
6  For herself, she did nothing but caper about in the front chambers, jump on and off the bedsteads, and lie on the mattresses and piled-up bolsters and pillow before the enormous fires roaring in the chimneys.
7  There were no matches for fluffy down pillow.
8  Unwashed brushes are the ideal camp for acne-causing bacteria to set up in. To avoid breakouts, be sure that everything that comes into contact with your cheeks is regularly cleaned – your makeup, your phone, your pillow cases.
9  The patient tried to sit up but fell back weakly onto his pillows.
10  She plumped up the pillows for her sick daughter.
11  For herself, she did nothing but caper about in the front chambers, jump on and off the bedsteads, and lie on the mattresses and piled-up bolsters and pillows before the enormous fires roaring in the chimneys.
12  The child pillowed his head on his mother's shoulder.