She polished the antique bedposts until they gleamed in the afternoon sun.

He carved his initials into the old bedpost to remember the summers he spent at his grandmother's house.

She ran her fingers over the notches on bedposts, counting the years they represented.

He counted the notches on the bedpost, each one a memory of summers spent fishing with his father.

He kept a notch on the bedpost for every month they spent apart, a quiet testament to his patience.

The cake disappeared in the twinkling of a bedpost.

To some, collecting a notch on one's bedpost is seen as a foolish measure of success.

People used to brag by carving notches on one's bedpost, but he refused to play along.

A notch in one's bedpost can serve as a private tally of life's small achievements.

I shouldn't say this, but between you, me, and the bedpost, I suspect she's been exaggerating her qualifications.