nightclothes

Example Sentences

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In Montgomery City, Mo., Mr. Moskowitz observes, “people got out in their nightclothes to see the racers roar through” at 3:50 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

So Saturday night, she turned her nightclothes inside out and backward, and came downstairs to show her parents her plan.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2019

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

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2018

Gerry Belcher, the hotel owner, said many people arrived "in just their nightclothes".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2014

Snatching heavy cloaks to pull over their nightclothes, the girls flung open the chamber door.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare