dressing gown

Example Sentences

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She is then taken away in her dressing gown.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The couple both come from farming backgrounds, she says, where they were taught: "If you're cold, you put a jumper on. If you're really cold, put a dressing gown on."

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025

The pictures show a pallid, hollow-eyed man, resembling Poe, who’s sitting by the fire in his dressing gown when there comes a gentle “rapping, rapping” at the door.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

The treatment began with me changing into a dressing gown that wrapped around just under my armpits, exposing my shoulders and upper chest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

I begin to want things I’ve never wanted before: braids, a dressing gown, a purse of my own.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood