nightshirt
Example Sentences
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A figure was moving across the yard, the white of its nightshirt catching the moonlight.
From Literature
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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
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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
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He ran, his white nightshirt disappearing into the darkness.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.