bedtime story
Americannoun
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bedtime stories
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bedtime story
First recorded in 1885–90
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Princess Catherine was the first royal to tell a bedtime story on the channel, reading The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark to mark Children's Mental Health Week in 2022.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
A spokesperson for Garbarino did not confirm the bedtime story in a statement, offering that he “briefly stepped out and inadvertently missed the vote.”
From Salon ● May 22, 2025
“Dog Man” feels like a bedtime story made up by a dad, then rendered in a sweetly kiddie aesthetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
The Professor of English language and literature at Merton College originally created it as a bedtime story for his children.
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
Papi begins, as if he’s telling me a bedtime story, “you’re going to look back on all this and think, I really was a strong and brave girl.”
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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