How to Use bed down in a Sentence

bed down

verb
  • Then the billy bedded down, pinning us behind a lone spruce tree for over an hour.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Silken diver scallops bed down in kombu with leek vinaigrette and Champagne sauce.
    — Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
  • At night, many unsheltered people bed down in business doorways, on park sidewalks, and on church stoops.
    — Angela Hart, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • And with many larger room categories available, families of all sizes will find a place to bed down that fits their needs.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
  • As Hudson was preparing to shoot, the buck bedded down again in the tall grass — its vitals still hidden from view.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The event takes place after most animals have bedded down for the evening, so zoo animals will not be available for viewing.
    — Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
  • No Southern garden is complete without a camellia bursting into bloom while the rest of the plants are bedded down for winter.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
  • On Friday, the staff had finished their iftar meal, ending their daily fast for Ramadan, and were bedding down for the night.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Matt Daniels says conversations with the homeless show some were sleeping in odd places, including one who was bedding down at night in a church’s garden.
    — Taylor Batten, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Along the way, the monks ate and slept at temples, churches, universities and community centres, bedding down in sleeping bags on the floor or outdoors in tents.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Charles’ spellbinding 1986 concert was made all the more memorable by the large egret that landed in a palm tree next to the stage and began bedding down for the night.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Belly full, bed down at the House of the Rising Sun, a pink bed-and-breakfast in a shotgun-double house, with a white picket fence and double porches.
    — Jenny Adams, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Among the Olive Groves in Puglia For an authentic Puglian stay, nothing beats bedding down in one of the locale's iconic conical homes.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 June 2026
  • But the interiors were sophisticated, very calming, and in keeping with the stunning natural world surrounding, there was lots of wood, and lots of nooks and hammocks to bed down in and relax with a good book.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Some Associates have already received more funding since cricket’s Olympic inclusion, but others are in limbo with the qualification process still not bedded down.
    — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • At the Ritz Paris, the fashion crowd vie to bed down in the Coco Chanel Suite, decorated with velvet banquettes and Chinese lacquered screens to echo her apartment on nearby rue Cambon.
    — Mary Winston Nicklin, AFAR Media, 20 Jan. 2026
  • At the Ritz Paris, the fashion crowd vie to bed down in Coco Chanel’s former apartment, now a dedicated suite still housing the designer’s art collection, velvet banquettes, and Chinese lacquered screens.
    — Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The hotel that doesn’t just provide a place to bed down but reflects the city’s grandest vision of itself—a Carlyle or Claridge’s or, in the case of a smaller city like San Francisco, a miniature grande dame like the Beau-Rivage Genève.
    — Ben Ryder Howe, Air Mail, 14 Mar. 2026
  • For traditional lodging, bed down at Mountain House Rajska Vrata in Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where ski days end on the sunny patio with local specialties such as nettle soup or herbal rakija (brandy) around the fireplace.
    — Naomi Tomky, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025

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