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

Lena Dunham has opened up about her battle with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome after she was photographed in a nightie with a walking stick.

From Fox News • Nov. 3, 2019

Mom went upstairs and came down with the Christmas nightie and the matching slippers and stuffed them all into the Warm Morning and set them ablaze.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam