How to Use night table in a Sentence

night table

noun
  • And so a consensus was reached at the Thursday night table.
    Mike Newall, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The sight of that distinctive handwriting on a note left on a night table.
    Bob Greene, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2021
  • In terms of placement, Radon recommends placing your rug close to the night table.
    Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Book a Saturday night table here for you and your sweetheart; the crowd is low-key, and the food is serious, but hearty.
    Paul Oswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2018
  • My daughter has grand visions for a canopy bed and a night table with a butterfly lamp.
    Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Dig up any trophies or special ribbons and splay them across your night table.
    Marissa Miller, Teen Vogue, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Step 8: Clean hard surfaces in the cabin Wipe down hard surfaces, such as the night table, coffee table, desk and shelves.
    Erica Silverstein, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2020
  • McAdoo’s fills up those Friday night tables by doing a wide range of things reasonably well.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 10 May 2018
  • Have zero shame in bringing your stuffed animal from home and wake up to photos of your nearest and dearest on your night table.
    Marissa Miller, Teen Vogue, 10 Jan. 2018
  • But if the Amazon Echo, flickering on a night table, prompts dystopian dread, the cell-phone butt dial belongs to a different genre.
    Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2019
  • For Germany though, the team sessions that in 2014 took place only in hotel conference rooms have been liberated into the devices that the players carry in their equipment bags and keep on their night tables.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 15 June 2018
  • The second bedroom was converted into their office and is furnished with Raymond Loewy knockoffs, which include two bureaus, a night table, and desk, all in provoking lime green.
    Catherine Laughlin, Philly.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • My only hoarding vice is saving birthday cards, letters, and ticket stubs that live in disorganized splendor in my night table drawer.
    Lonnie Firestone, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2019
  • With so many restaurants opening since Commonwealth debuted in 2010, its trendiness has dissipated, and on a Wednesday night tables were available.
    Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2017

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