nightrobe

Example Sentences

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In pajamas and nightrobe, the judge sleepily listened to Landis' arguments, then signed a temporary restraining order.

From Time Magazine Archive

So Electra showed her to a pretty chamber where there was a soft, white bed, and waited patiently until Betsy had undressed and put on a shimmery silken nightrobe that lay beside her pillow.

From Tik-Tok of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

When he returned in slippers, nightrobe and pajamas, Char was in the upper berth, staring angrily at the compartment ceiling.

From Combat by Reynolds, Mack

The woman was easily found and when she appeared the detective asked: "Did you fold this nightrobe, or did you find it already folded?"

From Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

In impatience, or that he might breathe the freer, the ribbons which knotted his woollen nightrobe at the throat had been unfastened, leaving the lean, parchment-coloured chest and throat, corded with starting sinews, nakedly open.

From The Justice of the King by Drummond, Hamilton