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

All these years later, the books on my nightstand are highlighted, annotated and dog-eared.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

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

Ben starts tearing the bed apart, and then he runs to the nightstand and pulls out the drawer and empties it on the bed.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt