nightie

Example Sentences

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I flung back the covers and danced in my nightie.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

She said she was in her nightie and bare feet and shouted: "He's my son. You're telling me nothing."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2022

A fingerprint left at a Perth house by a male intruder dressed in a woman’s nightie in 1988 eventually led police to Edwards years later.

From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2020

It cost £40, was hailed as being as comfortable as a nightie and was as ubiquitous on the UK’s streets throughout the summer as chewing gum or pigeons.

From The Guardian • Dec. 31, 2019

The child’s pink nightie, the stacks of white pillow slips edged with embroidery, the sheets with top hems picked out with blue cornflowers.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison