bedtime story

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Recent Examples of bedtime story The bedtime story market is also getting more crowded. Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025 Reading a bedtime story to your child is a tradition that goes beyond bonding time. Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 As a bedtime story, Demerzel tells Day of her past names, like Chetter, Daneel, and Eto. Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025 It’s designed for deeper, more natural exchanges, whether that’s cooking with whatever’s in your fridge, troubleshooting why the dishwasher won’t drain or spinning up a personalized bedtime story. Paul Lamkin, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bedtime story
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedtime story
Noun
  • That’s why McConigley, a novelist who teaches at Colorado State University, jumped at the chance to adapt her short story collections and autobiographical writings for the theater.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Or hey, this might make a great short story….
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But tops aren’t the only clothing item that’s made from inter-looping yarn.
    Julia Guerra, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The mechanical and chemical stresses involved in breaking down old plastic and reprocessing it into new yarn weaken polymer chains, making the final fabric more brittle and prone to fracturing.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The national project of maintaining the white nuclear family, which has really been taken up in the 1940s as a way for certain political groups to organize, is able to find a lot of historical references in Minnesota that fit that narrative.
    Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Jury prizes will be awarded in the categories of domestic and international narrative and non-fiction films, shorts, and the NEXT sidebar (which promotes innovative approaches to storytelling).
    David Morgan, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Minnesota attorney said the boy’s father had no criminal record according to a search of state records, and that the family was in the country legally.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The film’s producer is musica Mexicana record exec Jimmy Humilde, CEO of Rancho Humilde, and his intent with the project is to prove Mexican American stories worthy of the big-screen treatment.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Over three years after one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history, a school police officer who was one of the first to arrive on the scene is on criminal trial for his actions during the response.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The old courthouse is an important part of the county's history, but it's fallen into disrepair ever since it was vacated roughly ten years ago as employees left for the new courthouse on Civic Center Boulevard.
    Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Classic fairy tales are still magical enough to grab their attention—the catchy songs help too, of course.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 Jan. 2026
  • And without a win in the postseason, this fairy tale might not get the happily-ever-after ending New England is clamoring for.
    Chad Graff, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026

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“Bedtime story.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedtime%20story. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.

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