nightgown

Example Sentences

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Melinda Bettencourt was still in her nightgown when the police showed up at the door.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

He then asked her about her arrest, which he said she had claimed saw her being led away from her home in a nightgown.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2023

In “Mad Men,” Betty Draper, a 1960s housewife caught in a marriage of spite and deception, stands in her yard in her peach nightgown, holding a rifle pointed toward the sky.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

But Italian designer Bianco Levrin’s soft velvet and silk slip dress, which can be worn as a nightgown too, seems like just the thing for the person in need of some self-care.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Huddled in a corner, shivering in her thin nightgown, clinging to an old doll’s blanket, Angel was crying silently.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper