bedtime story

noun

1. a story told to a child at bedtime.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedtime story¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

A spokesperson for Garbarino did not confirm the bedtime story in a statement, offering that he “briefly stepped out and inadvertently missed the vote.”

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She is now signed up to star in Evita in the West End this summer, and on Friday, she made a splash in a different way - reading a CBeebies Bedtime Story.

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“Dog Man” feels like a bedtime story made up by a dad, then rendered in a sweetly kiddie aesthetic.

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There is a teddy with the school's crest on it, a bedtime story and a school uniform.

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A 2022 BookTrust survey of over 2,000 low-income families in England, Wales and Northern Ireland found less than half of children under seven are being read a bedtime story.

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