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Recent Examples of nightdress
Take Prada’s Spring-Summer 2023 show, where sheer, matronly nightdresses and housecoats were shown with heeled Mary Janes and tightly gripped clutch bags.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
The pair appear in a series of flamboyant poses: noodling on a piano; smoking solemnly in front of art works; curtsying mid-phone call in a risqué nightdress.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
With my hair one day past acceptably unwashed and my weird nightdress.
—EW.com, 29 Nov. 2023
This modest short-sleeve nightdress features wide arm and neck holes for a comfortably loose fit.
—Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
At one point her face and arms get covered in black fluid; at another her white nightdress turns to black and her escorts appear in long white outfits.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2021
Constructed in 1874, this marble monument shows her in a flowing nightdress.
—Erin Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2020
Michael Fagan, the man who broke into the monarch's Buckingham Palace bedroom (as depicted in episode five) apparently recalls seeing Her Majesty in a Liberty print nightdress.
—Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 24 Nov. 2020
And most fragile and compelling of all: sitting in a high chair and wearing a nightdress, a monkey reaches out its hand to grasp the arm of the otherwise unseen person who is spoon-feeding it.
—Brian Dillon, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2019
Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
The pair appear in a series of flamboyant poses: noodling on a piano; smoking solemnly in front of art works; curtsying mid-phone call in a risqué nightdress.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
With my hair one day past acceptably unwashed and my weird nightdress.
—EW.com, 29 Nov. 2023
This modest short-sleeve nightdress features wide arm and neck holes for a comfortably loose fit.
—Erica Reagle, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2023
At one point her face and arms get covered in black fluid; at another her white nightdress turns to black and her escorts appear in long white outfits.
—BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2021
Constructed in 1874, this marble monument shows her in a flowing nightdress.
—Erin Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2020
Michael Fagan, the man who broke into the monarch's Buckingham Palace bedroom (as depicted in episode five) apparently recalls seeing Her Majesty in a Liberty print nightdress.
—Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 24 Nov. 2020
And most fragile and compelling of all: sitting in a high chair and wearing a nightdress, a monkey reaches out its hand to grasp the arm of the otherwise unseen person who is spoon-feeding it.
—Brian Dillon, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nightdress
Noun
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For makeup, Sweeney’s hot pink eyeliner perfectly complemented her pastel gown.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
26 Oct. 2025
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One of the most striking uses of hair came in the form of Galliano’s last Margiela couture show, where models wore merkins underneath the translucent gowns.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My daughter was ridiculously enthused to dress her doll in this cute little nightgown.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
22 Oct. 2025
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The post included a series of pictures of the 67-year-old superstar seated on mattress on the floor in a gauzy light pink nightgown staring at the camera with an old-fashioned typewriter at her feet, striking the kinds of sultry looks that have been her signature for more nearly half a century.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Nightdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nightdress. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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