nightie

Example Sentences

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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

But in the combination of two puff-sleeved organza shift dresses embroidered with fuzzy pastel paisleys and sparkles like a fairy-tale nightie, and canvas painter’s pants.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021

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

I was in my nightie and barefoot as I walked the few steps down the landing.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2020

Sophie, still wearing only her nightie, was reclining comfortably in a crevice of the BFG’s right ear.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl