peignoir
Example Sentences
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Watch her pace nervously in her fishbowl of a house, dressed in a silk peignoir and clutching a drink, an irresistible target for anyone with a mind to stalk or photograph.
From New York Times
In the 1954 Hitchcock movie “Rear Window,” Grace Kelly opens a sleek Mark Cross overnight case and a fluff of ivory-colored peignoir — a confection of a negligee — emerges with a pouf.
From Washington Post
She glides through her home in peignoirs and stilettos.
From Washington Post
Another, dressed in an ice-blue peignoir, petted a stuffed lap dog with one hand and preened with the other.
From New York Times
Lips scream here, hands clench, a woman in a gray peignoir walks up and down, a restive ghost.
From New York Times
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