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Recent Examples of coverletTry styling it with tonal layers: Soft neutrals, an exaggerated lumbar pillow, and a simple coverlet so the stripe reads more like depth than pattern.—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026 Dense mattresses and coverlets of various colors, adorned with all kinds of decorations, lay, lazily stacked, on a bed in a small room.—Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026 In warmer months, a coverlet is light enough to be used as a main bedding layer on top of your bed sheets.—Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026 As quality sheets become more colorful and more accessibly priced, people want to show them off, alongside elegant duvets or coverlets.—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coverlet
Smooth out any wrinkles on the bedspread, fluff the pillows, and clear off the nightstands of any items that may have accumulated the night before.
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Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
The grainy technique is particularly visible in Il grand letto azzurro (1965), featured in the Lévy Gorvy Dayan show, where close inspection of the teal bedspread reveals a tan floral pattern made up of non-pigmented sand.
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.
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Sam Lipsyte,
Harper’s Magazine ,
27 Apr. 2022
The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane.