nightstand
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I picked up a coffee table, desk, side table and nightstand for free.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Unlike a wearable, which is easy enough to leave on your nightstand, the loo is something you can’t forget to use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
The pain in my forehead was sharp, as if I had just slammed it against the nightstand.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2024
She went to her parents' bedroom where Carty found $1,100 in U.S. dollars in her mother’s nightstand.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2024
It’s a picture of his old acoustic guitar, leaning against a worn nightstand in his new apartment.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
The most annoying, she said, is that Olson, 48, a marketing professional, places glasses of water for the cats on the couple’s nightstands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“Styles have changed, lifestyles have changed. The younger generation might want smaller pieces, like nightstands or a little coffee table they could paint Fire Engine Red.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 30, 2025
Try to include nightstands for two with a double bed, Hunter says, even if it’s with floating shelves.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
The most forward-looking hotels have charging stations on nightstands and desks, so you never have to get on your hands and knees to look for the nearest outlet.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022
But even so, there was hardly any space to walk around the two double beds, the two tiny nightstands, and the various trunks and bandboxes of the inhabitants.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
