nightstand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nightstand
Example Sentences
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On the nightstand next to a bed in his main bedroom, Epstein had a phone with numbers for his longtime lawyer Darren Indyke and his accountant Richard Kahn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 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
The defense also argued that the blood in the bedroom could have resulted from an exposed nail on the nightstand.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2024
Slamming it closed, I toss it on my nightstand, which knocks off the folder of Pops’s puzzles, which of course lands on its end, dumping the loose paper every which way.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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