bedclothes

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The Bathrobe School of Acting is not an officially recognized method, but it so happens that many actors are students of it, appearing in bedclothes at key moments in movies and TV.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

He used this mantra as motivation to jump-start his day, not “lie in the bedclothes and keep myself warm,” the second-century equivalent of hitting the snooze button.

From National Geographic • Nov. 8, 2023

"We have between 4,000 and 5,000 people now accommodated at different structures," Thanasis Virinis, a vice mayor of Rhodes told Mega television on Sunday, calling for donations of essentials such as mattresses and bedclothes.

From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2023

If you look closely at the debris, you can see blackened fragments of the textile bedclothes and even the filling from the mattress.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2023

From the depths of the bedclothes in the corner came a dry-cracked-nasal tone—not a woman’s voice—not a living voice: it was the voice of the grandmother’s death.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman