bedtime story

noun

: a story read or recounted to someone (such as a child) at bedtime

Examples of bedtime story in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Now, your kids can ask Alexa for help with homework, play music, read bedtime stories, and more. Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 25 June 2024 Logistical wins aside, my daughter’s giddy joy around the adventure—reading bedtime stories by flashlight in the top bunk—made the cramped discomfort of this tip all worth it. Ross Kenneth Urken, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024 Fittingly, the space station’s out-of-control educational software apparently thought that, as in a good bedtime story, the babies needed a monster to be afraid of. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 10 May 2024 Demonstrating that Americans do not need their country’s role in the world explained to them in the style of a children’s bedtime story would be a bonus. Andrew J. Bacevich, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bedtime story 

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Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bedtime story was in 1868

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“Bedtime story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedtime%20story. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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