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

Snap reassured them glibly; but he knew no more about the facts than I. Moa, with a nightrobe drawn tight around her thin, tall figure, edged up to me.

From Brigands of the Moon by Cummings, Ray

The pamphlet lay on top of her gloves; she carried it to the window and, with her limbs trembling and sending ripples down her nightrobe, read it.

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie

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