nightshirt

Example Sentences

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Gomina, still in his nightshirt, wanted to go to his office to change into uniform, and Tigri obligingly offered an escort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

She took off her nightshirt and put on the clothes along with some boots that were too big for her feet.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

An analyst for Public Health – Seattle & King County, wearing a nightshirt, she went into “emergency management mode,” she said, checking his vital signs and trying to clear his airways.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

The groom would then arrive in his nightshirt, sometimes accompanied by musicians.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2019

He was trying to be quiet too, because I couldn’t hear him, only the bottom of his nightshirt and his bare legs in front of the sideboard.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner