nightcap

Example Sentences

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That gin martini nightcap at the luxe Savoy hotel looks less appealing at $38 rather than £28.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The nightcap was a Black Sabbath reunion featuring guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

The gym will be cleared following the Chatsworth-LACES boys game, then reopened for the nightcap.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2024

A younger married pair named Nick and Honey come over for the world’s longest and most hellacious nightcap.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2024

Harry had been slightly worried that Slughorn might be at breakfast, but he answered his office door at the first knock, wearing a green velvet dressing gown and matching nightcap and looking rather bleary-eyed.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling