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Meanings of abed in English

Forced to lie in bed, for example because of an illness or injury.

Usage of abed in English
1
I expected Liz coming to ask me why I wasn't yet abed.
The pretender's crown
2
The carpenters were no doubt all abed, their work done at last.
Sovereign
3
I was at Coldmoat, safe abed. She looked down at the water.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
4
The first to go was the practice of taking my chocolate abed.
The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,...
5
Whether Drayden had died in battle or abed, Roland could not know.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
6
There is the dawn, Mironsac, and it is time we were abed.
Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
7
Ser Arys was pleasant company abed, but wit and he were strangers.
A feast for crows
8
In an upstairs room several Runelords lay abed after a hard ride.
Wizardborn
9
All you have to do is to stay abed and keep still.
The Unwilling Vestal
10
Such a habit we have got this winter of lying long abed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 13: November/December 1661
11
I'm done with lying abed and letting you have all the fun.
The Helmet of Navarre
12
Janiaud used to lie abed all day, and drink absinthe all night.
A Chair on the Boulevard
13
She, however, is still abed with her arms intertwined behind her neck.
Venus in Furs
14
The Whitbys are abed, and the son has commenced his bellows snore.
Caleb's crossing
15
Late in life Tom was in terrible pain, with two years abed.
Rock and Ice Magazine
16
Why are you not abed and asleep, at this time of night?
Tales and Novels — Volume 02 / Popular Tales
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common