nightie

Example Sentences

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Then, I buttoned up my gray flannel nightie and settled in for the long night to come.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

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

Lena Dunham has opened up about her battle with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome after she was photographed in a nightie with a walking stick.

From Fox News • Nov. 3, 2019

In 2014, a women's group in a village near Mumbai called daytime nightie wearing an "indecent practice" and threatened to impose a fine of 500 rupees on violators.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2018

The child’s pink nightie, the stacks of white pillow slips edged with embroidery, the sheets with top hems picked out with blue cornflowers.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison