How to Use bunk in a Sentence

bunk

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  • Watt filled in the 42-inch span from the end of the bunk to the wall with back-to-back Ikea wardrobes.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • Bits of yarn are scattered across his steel bunk and the table in front of him.
    — Kunlyna Tauch, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The crew scrambled out of their bunks, expecting to see a rock or rogue wave.
    — WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • Her home was a cramped bunk with a flimsy mattress deep in the ship’s belly.
    — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Records show the owner of the farm told Brown County sheriff’s deputies that Lepe lived in a bunk room above the milk house.
    — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2023
  • One van has two queen beds, another has one king bed and the third has two full beds and a bunk to sleep five.
    — Chadd Cripe, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In the kids' bedroom, Kate and Dave turned a full-size bottom bunk into a twin to make space for a shelf unit.
    — Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Book a hostel-style bunk room in the complex’s Snyder Hall.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Each night, Sasha and Oliviia argued about who would take which bunk.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
  • The captain liked him, and had a bunk for him moved into his own cabin, which was the size of a large closet.
    — David Owen, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The more than 5,000-square-foot floor plan features two primary suites, two guest suites and a bunk room for all the kids.
    — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Reservations can only be made over the phone and huts are equipped with cook stoves, wood stoves, and eight bunks.
    — Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • This is the birthing area where all of the sailors sleep nine to a bunk room, but in between, these are the tubes where the ballistic missiles are stored.
    — ABC News, 22 May 2022
  • Its 7-inch thickness is supportive enough for any bed but thin enough to use in a bunk.
    — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Maybe what happened to me in that dorm room bunk was pure Aristotelian katharsis.
    — WIRED, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The next day, Greer was overcome by a seizure and tumbled from his bunk, hitting his head on the concrete floor.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Now the infant shared a bottom bunk with both parents in the guestroom and Noah slept on the top bunk, and who knew what the future held.
    — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
  • An hour later, he was found hanging from the upper bunk by a shoestring.
    — Don Thompson, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
  • All 33 passengers and a crew member who were trapped in a bunk room below deck died.
    — CBS News, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Soldini’s crew of six, now making their third trip around the globe, needs to adapt to that tune to sleep in two tiny bunks below deck.
    — Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 8 July 2023
  • Metal bunks attached to the wall are topped with inch-thick, tear-proof mattresses.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • Detainees were kept in cells, about six feet by four feet, with a metal bunk and mattress, toilet and sink.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Less than 12 hours after his arrival, Bulger was found dead in his bunk.
    — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2023
  • One angler has set up twinkle lights for her three-night stay on her bottom bunk.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The boy was lying face up in a CPR position on the floor of a bunk house, authorities said.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Bunk Room With four bunks, this comfy bedroom is the ideal spot for sleepovers.
    — Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Inside is a suite with attached bunk room/nursery space.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Nefti promised to repair the loose wall paneling behind my bunk.
    — Hernan Diaz, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2022
  • From a top bunk, Ms. Auder could hear her mother flossing her teeth, the swish of her feet and her breathing.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Gerry joins her on the top bunk for a chat about birthdays, and how milestones like that can be difficult after the loss of a loved one.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2023

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