On this page you'll find 7 example sentences with Nightshirt. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as nightwear or sleepwear and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Nightshirt in a sentence
Nightshirt meaning
A shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed.
Synonyms of Nightshirt
Using Nightshirt
- The main meaning on this page is: A shirt-like garment (often oversized) that is worn to bed.
- Useful related words include: nightwear, sleepwear, nightclothes.
- In the example corpus, nightshirt often appears in combinations such as: his nightshirt, nightshirt with.
Context around Nightshirt
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nightshirt
- In this selection, "nightshirt" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, white and vaulted stand out and add context to how "nightshirt" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include although his nightshirt was neatly and his nightshirt a hand. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nightshirt" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nightshirt
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His nightshirt, a hand-me-down from an older sister, was white or pale blue in the first color strips. (20 words)
Even though he’s not capering about the Guthrie stage in Scrooge’s nightshirt, he’s working to stay in shape. (21 words)
As long as you're not wearing "a nightshirt with Ebeneezer Scrooge vibes," Moira proves that pajamas can make a major fashion statement. (23 words)
In the morning his cabin was empty and his bed had not been slept in, although his nightshirt was neatly laid out and his watch had been left where it could be seen from the bed. (36 words)
Salazar, in his nightshirt, vaulted roofs of neighboring houses and sought refuge;sfnsfn reaching the border disguised as a peasant.sfnsfn With Salazar gone, Carrera reinstated Rivera Paz as Head of State of Guatemala. (34 words)
She ran out without her shoes on in her nightshirt to the scene after hearing someone had been stabbed and tried to save the boy's life until paramedics arrived. (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
He was a bald man with mauve skin and a grey beard wearing a long white nightshirt with the number 9 emblazoned on it.
She ran out without her shoes on in her nightshirt to the scene after hearing someone had been stabbed and tried to save the boy's life until paramedics arrived.
As long as you're not wearing "a nightshirt with Ebeneezer Scrooge vibes," Moira proves that pajamas can make a major fashion statement.
Even though he’s not capering about the Guthrie stage in Scrooge’s nightshirt, he’s working to stay in shape.
His nightshirt, a hand-me-down from an older sister, was white or pale blue in the first color strips.
In the morning his cabin was empty and his bed had not been slept in, although his nightshirt was neatly laid out and his watch had been left where it could be seen from the bed.
Salazar, in his nightshirt, vaulted roofs of neighboring houses and sought refuge;sfnsfn reaching the border disguised as a peasant.sfnsfn With Salazar gone, Carrera reinstated Rivera Paz as Head of State of Guatemala.
Common combinations with nightshirt
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: