night table

Example Sentences

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This happens with sufficient frequency for me to keep my cellphone on my night table so that I can search for the missing item and return to my less-than-sound sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Berman confessed he was so turned off by the photo that the book “lay on my night table for weeks” before he started reading it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

"We needed an upgrade from a single box of bandaids & tube of Neosporin in my night table drawer."

From Fox News • Sep. 14, 2021

Sometimes if I was on the road and I was feeling blue, I would put the bag on my night table so I would see something familiar as I fell asleep.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2020

There’s a book on her night table, but I don’t read it, for fear that she won’t remember what I’ve read, and will have to read it again anyway.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan