nightstand

Example Sentences

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Leave a book on the nightstand and the phone in the kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

“I have a pile of thrillers on my nightstand right now. I’m trying to get through them before work once again takes over my life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

The pain in my forehead was sharp, as if I had just slammed it against the nightstand.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024

She went to her parents' bedroom where Carty found $1,100 in U.S. dollars in her mother’s nightstand.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2024

She puts her bowl down on her nightstand and goes to pick up a slate-gray cat from her bed.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy