nightshirt

Example Sentences

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Gomina, still in his nightshirt, wanted to go to his office to change into uniform, and Tigri obligingly offered an escort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

She took off her nightshirt and put on the clothes along with some boots that were too big for her feet.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

An analyst for Public Health – Seattle & King County, wearing a nightshirt, she went into “emergency management mode,” she said, checking his vital signs and trying to clear his airways.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

How her bony hands had pulled at her nightshirt to cover herself when I moved her.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2014

I heard Osh yell behind me, but I kept on, the wind shoving me off balance, the current tugging at my legs, and my nightshirt heavy with water.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk