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Many have strong memories attached to the bedtime story, which has persisted through generations of children, parents and grandparents.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022
Maybe a video call to read a bedtime story to a young child is perfect.
—Kate Stone Lombardi, Good Housekeeping, 9 Dec. 2022
The plot itself arose from a bedtime story that Kirschner told his two young daughters in the 1980s.
—Laura Zornosa, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
The screenwriter first introduced his character as a bedtime story, spinning out zany situations where Cocobanana’s good intentions pave the path to mayhem.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Sep. 2022
American exceptionalism portrays the Nation’s history as a kind of bedtime story, with a beginning, a middle, and a triumphantly happy ending.
—Time, 15 Sep. 2022
There’s nothing quite as delightful as curling up with a young child and a bedtime story.
—Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022
Harry Styles put on his cozy blue and brown polka dot pajamas to read the sweetest bedtime story on Monday (May 23), as part of the Bedtime Stories series on the British children’s television channel, CBeebies.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 23 May 2022
Alexa has an edge with third-party functionality, thanks to thousands of different skills that can do everything from order pizza to read a bedtime story.
—Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 28 June 2022
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2022
Maybe a video call to read a bedtime story to a young child is perfect.
—Kate Stone Lombardi, Good Housekeeping, 9 Dec. 2022
The plot itself arose from a bedtime story that Kirschner told his two young daughters in the 1980s.
—Laura Zornosa, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
The screenwriter first introduced his character as a bedtime story, spinning out zany situations where Cocobanana’s good intentions pave the path to mayhem.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 21 Sep. 2022
American exceptionalism portrays the Nation’s history as a kind of bedtime story, with a beginning, a middle, and a triumphantly happy ending.
—Time, 15 Sep. 2022
There’s nothing quite as delightful as curling up with a young child and a bedtime story.
—Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022
Harry Styles put on his cozy blue and brown polka dot pajamas to read the sweetest bedtime story on Monday (May 23), as part of the Bedtime Stories series on the British children’s television channel, CBeebies.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 23 May 2022
Alexa has an edge with third-party functionality, thanks to thousands of different skills that can do everything from order pizza to read a bedtime story.
—Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 28 June 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above
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“Bedtime story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedtime%20story. Accessed 30 Jan. 2023.
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