nightclothes

Example Sentences

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The Daily Telegraph says the 40-year-old "was still in her nightclothes when the news she didn't dare believe came through".

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2018

Behind him are lighted ones with people in their nightclothes standing in the road.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2018

Less frequently, he makes his way up the hall to the ornate Treaty Room, sometimes dressed for the day, sometimes still in nightclothes, where he begins his official and unofficial calls.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2017

They stood frozen by the bedside in their nightclothes, Sue in a robe and Paterno in pajamas and a Penn State sweatshirt.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2012

When I stumble out of my bedroom, still in my nightclothes, a whacking sound alerts me that Mama is on a cleaning tear.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse