nightie

Example Sentences

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Then, I buttoned up my gray flannel nightie and settled in for the long night to come.

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

The star, 33, confessed he was "struggling" in the pictures, in which she's seen sporting a long blue nightie, slippers and grey cardigan.

From Fox News • Nov. 3, 2019

He bent down and lifted Sophie from his pocket....She was still in her nightie and her feet were bare.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke