Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cushioned
IPA transcription: [k'ʊʃənd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cushioned, cushiony, padded
    Meaning: softened by the addition of cushions or padding
Usage examples
  • The Prince carried them to one of the prettiest platforms and set them gently upon its cushioned top.
  • "Won't you be seated, young lady?" he said, very politely, waving his hand toward a low cushioned chair, and bowing "as if I were really grown up," thought Sylvia.
  • Scarcely less prominent was an ample cushioned easy-chair near the head of the bed, also white, with a footstool before it; and looking, as I thought, like a pale throne.
  • The loftiness dwarfed the mixture of heavy, straight-backed Spanish chairs of brown wood with leathern seats, and European furniture, low, and cushioned all over, like squat little monsters gorged to bursting with steel springs and horsehair.
  • One day, about a fortnight after the coroner's inquest had been held, and when the excitement of the terrible affair was calming down and Polk Street beginning to resume its monotonous routine, Old Grannis sat in his clean, well-kept little room, in his cushioned armchair, his hands lying idly upon his knees.