nightclothes

Example Sentences

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So Saturday night, she turned her nightclothes inside out and backward, and came downstairs to show her parents her plan.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2019

The Daily Telegraph says the 40-year-old "was still in her nightclothes when the news she didn't dare believe came through".

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2018

Behind him are lighted ones with people in their nightclothes standing in the road.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2018

Less frequently, he makes his way up the hall to the ornate Treaty Room, sometimes dressed for the day, sometimes still in nightclothes, where he begins his official and unofficial calls.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2017

Ivan was in his nightclothes, lying upside down on the bed with his feet in the air.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack