nightstand

Example Sentences

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Unlike a wearable, which is easy enough to leave on your nightstand, the loo is something you can’t forget to use.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

The pain in my forehead was sharp, as if I had just slammed it against the nightstand.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024

She went to her parents' bedroom where Carty found $1,100 in U.S. dollars in her mother’s nightstand.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2024

If you don’t have an altar, you can make the card the picture on your phone’s home screen or tape a photocopy of it on your nightstand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Back at Frankie’s place, I sat on his bed while he laid out salve and gauze on the nightstand.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros