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or nighty
as in negligee
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Recent Examples of nightie
Easy Dresses Luxe white slips and nighties abound, but practically speaking, a simpler design will serve you best on the big day.
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Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 23 June 2025
After the narrator steals a nightie from the laundry room and asks Robbie to wear it, the affair’s power dynamic shifts.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
And Beth would be in a nightie of some kind.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
The Italian designer’s collection, which turned out to be her swan song, focused on elevating simple silhouettes with romantic flourishes, like the mauve-gray nightie seen here with macramé lace.
—Ari Stark, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 23 June 2025
After the narrator steals a nightie from the laundry room and asks Robbie to wear it, the affair’s power dynamic shifts.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
And Beth would be in a nightie of some kind.
—Elizabeth Stanton, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025
The Italian designer’s collection, which turned out to be her swan song, focused on elevating simple silhouettes with romantic flourishes, like the mauve-gray nightie seen here with macramé lace.
—Ari Stark, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for nightie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightie
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Intent on payback, Bernadine strips all of his clothing from the closet and begins tossing them into his BMW, power-walking between the closet and the vehicle in just a robe and a negligee, carting each load of belongings in a child’s wagon.—
Niela Orr,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Notably, while Fiyero is shirtless, Elphaba instead puts on the chunky knit over a knit negligee.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
3 Dec. 2025
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Meanwhile, Rihanna has been busy building her lingerie empire, Savage X Fenty, and collaborating with Jahleel Weaver to create a portfolio of show-stopping looks and a maternity style that’s ignited its own fashion movement.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Gage’s Robert is also no slouch in the come-on department, gushing over Jack’s appearance and enticing him by wearing women’s lingerie and doing you don’t want to know what else.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Nightie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightie. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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