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
On my night table, I have my nighttime journal and I do a little self-compassion journaling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
"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
I sat on the side of my bed and rustled through the drawer of the night table, through the tissues and reading glasses and Christian Science leaflets belonging to one of Francis’s aged female relatives.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
