bedtime stories

Definition of bedtime storiesnext
plural of bedtime story

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Noun
  • As a writer, Kluge was known mainly for his short stories and works of social criticism.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Sultan’s latest posthumous collection shifts the focus to the artist’s mostly unpublished writings, which include his musings on teaching and art, unfinished short stories, dream logs, and essays.
    Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The third design, Obi, is handwoven from recycled cotton yarns and constructed from narrow strips of fabric joined together.
    Allison Hatfield, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • As in his other novels, however, loose ends in many cases get tied up later on, and a seemingly chaotic tangle of yarns suddenly becomes cohesive.
    Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Not even Roosevelt believed in such fairy tales.
    Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The puckish figure draws heavily on Nordic fairy tales, including stories of elves.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The show weaves two parallel narratives with offbeat humor and an unexpected heartwarming realism.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
  • For example, anthropologist Brian Larkin documented how viewers in northern Nigeria rework the narratives of Bollywood films to align with local Islamic values.
    Gareth Barkin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The records pulled back a curtain on favor-trading and frank communications in a chummy elite that looked past Epstein's 2008 guilty plea to solicitating prostitution from an underage girl in Florida.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The forthcoming scorecards are just one way the group plans to track the public-lands voting records of Wyoming lawmakers.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Bedtime stories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedtime%20stories. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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