Example Sentences

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Cardigans and some of Martha's nighties are actually my gran's old stuff.

From Salon • May 16, 2024

Neither are they innocent victims in white nighties.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2023

"It is okay to wear nighties at home but wearing them outdoors could attract attention and cause trouble for the wearer," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2018

When you want to go from ripped tights, nighties and smudged lipstick to something more suitable for the red carpet, Versace is the label.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2017

Their clotheslines are strung with underpants, nighties, socks, a display of soiled intimacy, which they have washed and rinsed, plunging their hands into the gray curdled water.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood