bedtime story

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Recent Examples of bedtime story However, parents can’t change the system overnight by reading bedtime stories to little ones. Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 4 Feb. 2025 The warm if somewhat familiar bedtime story takes on a different dimension when it’s revealed to be a bedtime story, and the adult Orion (Colin Hanks) soon becomes a co-author and a character when his daughter begins her own yarn. James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025 The first question sparked some fun competition: Who is better at reading bedtime stories? Annabelle Canela, Parents, 24 Jan. 2025 Work-home conflict occurs when, for example, when a leader’s mind wanders to unfinished work tasks while reading a child their bedtime story. Ellen Choi, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bedtime story
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedtime story
Noun
  • In the short story, a drifter impersonates a missing girl to rob the girl’s family — only to realize she’s made a terrible mistake.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Upon its announcement, the title — a line from a John Cheever short story — became divisive online.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Parkdale Mills produced the yarns, and Cone Denim produced the fabrics.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Zoom in: The 900-square-foot space will stock high-quality yarns, as well as fiber art kits, embroidery supplies and crafting tools.
    Linh Ta, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • With that equation, the researchers were able to compare the difference between the emotional trajectories of two films at any time point (t) in the narrative.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Dawn Robinson is attempting to temper the narratives circulating the web about her living situation.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • According to court records obtained by PEOPLE, Ehrlich is next due in court on April 28.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • And while the child services agency may not have kept their records from that time, his department did.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The result was one of the most transformative kitchen appliances in history, not because of new technology but because someone recognized an everyday problem—slow, inefficient cooking—applied a seemingly unrelated observation, and created a solution.
    Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.
    Khloe Quill, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Now that would be the perfect ending of her fairy tale.
    Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Deserving equal credit for the successes of this dreamy fairy tale is star Rachel Zegler.
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Bedtime story.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedtime%20story. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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