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[ nahyt-stand ] / ˈnaɪtˌstænd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nightstand ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of nightstandFirst recorded in 1960–65; night + stand Words nearby nightstandnightside, night-sky light, night snake, night soil, nightspot, nightstand, night stick, night sweats, night table, night terror, night terrors Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nightstandShe said, I take that card to my bed at night, I put it on the nightstand. Maya Angelou: How I Write|Noah Charney|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST There is a reason why I keep a bb gun in my nightstand that could easily be mistaken for a handgun. Gun Violence Just Hit My Campus|Ilana Glazer|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Mottola went to work and left a note with lyrics to an Elton John song on the nightstand: “Butterflies are free to fly/Fly away…” Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From the Tommy Mottola Memoir ‘Hitmaker’|Kevin Fallon|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST Instead, he picked up the Bible on the nightstand and began “reading passages from Scripture aloud to them.” 11 Juiciest Bits From ‘Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson’|Abby Haglage|November 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Urn Burial is a bedside book, a nightstand book, one that begs to be read in a wind-lashed, lightning-struck manor. Halloween Read: Thomas Browne’s Eerie Premonition of His Burial|Stefan Beck|October 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST Then he took an orange from his nightstand, and put it in my hand. Cuore (Heart)|Edmondo De Amicis He laid the pile of five-franc pieces on the old serving-woman's nightstand, and returned to his chamber without saying a word. Les Misrables|Victor Hugo She was at the moment running over in her mind a "situation" in a paper-covered novel turned down on her nightstand. A Little Journey in the World|Charles Dudley Warner He drained his glass, put it on the nightstand, and closed his eyes to think. Anything You Can Do ...|Gordon Randall Garrett He had taken for his device: "Never a lawyer," and for his armorial bearings a nightstand in which was visible a square cap. Les Misrables|Victor Hugo
Words related to nightstandnight table, bedstand |