negligee
noun
, ˈne-glə-ˌzhā\
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Her eyes seem to have lost their vigour, her complexion is now a dirty negligee pink satin. — Constance Grady, Vox, "13 amazing facts about Princess Margaret from Craig Brown’s new biography," 14 Aug. 2018 Selena Gomez's sheer dress for the Met Gala, designed by Stuart Vevers for Coach, is reminiscent of a negligee, crafted out of vintage cream silk gauze. — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, "Selena Gomez's Met Gala Dress is Nightgown Inspired," 8 May 2018 For that one night, Goldie Hawn—in a negligee—was the coolest mom in Hollywood. — Hilary Weaver, Vanities, "Goldie Hawn Once Crashed Her Teen Kids’ Party in a Negligee," 13 Oct. 2017 For that one night, Goldie Hawn—in a negligee—was the coolest mom in Hollywood. — Hilary Weaver, vanityfair.com, "Goldie Hawn Once Crashed Her Teen Kids’ Party in a Negligee," 13 Oct. 2017 Her closed eyes and negligee-like garment lend her the air of a somnambulist. — Robert Greskovic, WSJ, "‘Café Müller’ and ‘The Rite of Spring’ Reviews: A Posthumous Homecoming," 18 Sep. 2017 Well in Texas, that flimsy negligee of a justification didn't stay on long. — Victoria Defrancesco Soto, NBC News, "Opinion: Calling Immigration on Latinos Protesting SB4 is Racial Profiling," 30 May 2017 How about photographing her and Eva in their negligees, lounging on beds? — Martha Weinman Lear, The New Yorker, "The Celebrity Interviews of Yesteryear," 16 Jan. 2017 The show opens with a series of hazy black-and-white photographs from 1969 that capture the artist’s reclusive mother in a frothy negligee, moving about a dim, somewhat bedraggled bedroom, curling her hair, putting on makeup, posing before a mirror. — Roberta Smith, New York Times, "Lush Morsels From an Artist’s Erotic Imagination NOV. 11, 2016," 10 Nov. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'negligee.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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