Examples of bedtime story in a Sentence
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In the aftermath of the Berlin blockade and the creation of NATO, followed by the Soviets’ detonation of their first atomic weapon, readers—Americans, especially—might have been eager for an anti-Stalinist bedtime story.
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Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Among the gifts announced with the auction were Tilda Swinton reading a bedtime story over Zoom, Josh O’Connor teaching a porridge masterclass and tickets to attend a Ramy Youssef stand-up show and afterparty.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Tyler, a middle-aged former Marine and a good-size man, got down on the floor inches away from us and began to read Steve his bedtime story, a book about Clifford the Big Red Dog saving people from a fire.
—Sam Apple, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The shorts are designed to fit into kids’ bedtime routines and feature characters reading bedtime stories and showing their strategy for calming down before bed.
—Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
The singing bowl gave me another way to relax before bed instead of watching TV (True crime documentaries do not make great bedtime stories) or being on my phone.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 5 Feb. 2024
The thermal heat-camera scenes of a girl outside at night, while the father is reading bedtime stories to his children, are also scored with grim, processed, vocal sounds.
—Jon Burlingame, Variety, 13 Jan. 2024
Hundreds of families looked up from their TVs, their dinner preparations, their reading of children’s bedtime stories and perceived that their homes were flooding.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Then Höss is back home, reading bedtime stories to his kids, sharing inside jokes with his wife, wondering if hitting his quarterly numbers might lead to a promotion.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2024
Among the gifts announced with the auction were Tilda Swinton reading a bedtime story over Zoom, Josh O’Connor teaching a porridge masterclass and tickets to attend a Ramy Youssef stand-up show and afterparty.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
Tyler, a middle-aged former Marine and a good-size man, got down on the floor inches away from us and began to read Steve his bedtime story, a book about Clifford the Big Red Dog saving people from a fire.
—Sam Apple, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The shorts are designed to fit into kids’ bedtime routines and feature characters reading bedtime stories and showing their strategy for calming down before bed.
—Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
The singing bowl gave me another way to relax before bed instead of watching TV (True crime documentaries do not make great bedtime stories) or being on my phone.
—Ronny Maye, Essence, 5 Feb. 2024
The thermal heat-camera scenes of a girl outside at night, while the father is reading bedtime stories to his children, are also scored with grim, processed, vocal sounds.
—Jon Burlingame, Variety, 13 Jan. 2024
Hundreds of families looked up from their TVs, their dinner preparations, their reading of children’s bedtime stories and perceived that their homes were flooding.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
Then Höss is back home, reading bedtime stories to his kids, sharing inside jokes with his wife, wondering if hitting his quarterly numbers might lead to a promotion.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
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First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above
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