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

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

If you don’t have an altar, you can make the card the picture on your phone’s home screen or tape a photocopy of it on your nightstand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

She grabs it from the nightstand, glances at her screen, and then ignores the call.

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