nightrobe

Example Sentences

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In pajamas and nightrobe, the judge sleepily listened to Landis' arguments, then signed a temporary restraining order.

From Time Magazine Archive

With a pass-key they unlocked the door of Alora's room and found her suit case open, her toilet articles lying upon the dresser and her nightrobe neatly folded ready for packing.

From Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

So Electra showed her to a pretty chamber where there was a soft, white bed, and waited patiently until Betsy had undressed and put on a shimmery silken nightrobe that lay beside her pillow.

From Tik-Tok of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

In impatience, or that he might breathe the freer, the ribbons which knotted his woollen nightrobe at the throat had been unfastened, leaving the lean, parchment-coloured chest and throat, corded with starting sinews, nakedly open.

From The Justice of the King by Drummond, Hamilton

Many a rusty Vicksburg soldier that night decked himself in a fine nightrobe with amazingly short sleeves, and many a soldier’s wife accepted for her own use the dainty peace-offering when we reached home.

From The Women of the Confederacy by Underwood, J. L.