Thomas Paine

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.

English Activist

Jonathan Swift

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.

Irish Writer

The word 'abed' is often used in books or poems, not in everyday conversations.

Literary Use

'Abed' gives a sentence an old-fashioned feel, fitting for historical settings.

Archaic Tone

Use 'abed' to describe the silence or inactivity when people are expected to sleep.

Nighttime Quiet

 who is good Abed yes well I must apologize for jinxing David with my last link sending him all all the way back up to the Mara said it was not raining and now I have brought the rain very powerful words