nightshirt
Example Sentences
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Then here came the tailors for Mr. Cranston’s frock coat and morning coat and striped trousers and silk nightshirts with his initials sewed on.
From Literature
An analyst for Public Health – Seattle & King County, wearing a nightshirt, she went into “emergency management mode,” she said, checking his vital signs and trying to clear his airways.
From Seattle Times
Augustus Seward, dressed in his nightshirt, raced to his father’s room and saw the shadows of two men fighting.
From Literature
He ran, his white nightshirt disappearing into the darkness.
From Literature
She doesn’t chase trends; her bathing suit might be sun-bleached, and her nightshirt might be an Oxford button-down from her third husband.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.