nightstand

Example Sentences

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Leave a book on the nightstand and the phone in the kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

“I have a pile of thrillers on my nightstand right now. I’m trying to get through them before work once again takes over my life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 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

In the morning they woke groggy, drunken from so much rest, and Mrs. McCullough had glanced at the clock on her nightstand and realized it was ten thirty.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng