nightgown

Example Sentences

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After nine hours at the hospital, I got dressed in the only piece of clothing I had with me: my nightgown.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

Melinda Bettencourt was still in her nightgown when the police showed up at the door.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

He then asked her about her arrest, which he said she had claimed saw her being led away from her home in a nightgown.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

In “Mad Men,” Betty Draper, a 1960s housewife caught in a marriage of spite and deception, stands in her yard in her peach nightgown, holding a rifle pointed toward the sky.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

At last I let her hand me a nightgown and lead me to a room where a bed was turned down and waiting.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom