How to Use bedtime story in a Sentence

bedtime story

noun
  • The final item in the list of cards was the one for a bedtime story.
    Bryan Stallings, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Maybe a video call to read a bedtime story to a young child is perfect.
    Kate Stone Lombardi, Good Housekeeping, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Plus, stargazing from the back deck is the perfect bedtime story.
    Betsy Blumenthal, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The plot itself arose from a bedtime story that Kirschner told his two young daughters in the 1980s.
    Laura Zornosa, Time, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The star is so good that the pooch was powerless to stay awake and fell asleep on her lap as the actress read her bedtime stories.
    Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • The bedtime story exists to address the child’s fear of the night, and his understanding of his own frailty.
    David Mamet, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • The same day, Geary shared a sweet post of Julian reading a bedtime story for his new sibling.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Her bedtime stories consist of him scaring her with tales of the Wildling, some sort of creature that lives in the woods and eats children.
    Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 26 Apr. 2018
  • After bath time, my husband and I cozy up with the girls and read them their favorite bedtime stories.
    Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu, STAT, 12 May 2023
  • Take her to the park, to a movie, to an arcade, or read bedtime stories to each other — things that truly matter.
    Armin Brott, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Let Alexander Skarsgard lull you to sleep with a bedtime story.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2021
  • This was a bedtime story after four years of horror movies.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Many grew up with the history of this grand estate for bedtime stories.
    Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2023
  • When everyone has their teeth brushed and jammies on, Karen starts to read all 11 a bedtime story.
    Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 3 Aug. 2020
  • His favorite bedtime story was about the San Francisco earthquake, how his bed rocked and how the city burned.
    Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Then, her grandpa would make up a bedtime story based on their request.
    Danelle Landis, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
  • Vilione read a bedtime story to two of her kids in mid January.
    Star Tribune, 7 Feb. 2021
  • This magical story would be a great read-aloud bedtime story for kids of any age.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Sometime in the future, a father is telling his young son a bedtime story about 2020 hindsight.
    Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 19 May 2020
  • Punchy and breezy, his book reads like a bedtime story, the triumphs and cataclysms of life waltzing by at breakneck speed.
    Amy Brady, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
  • This weekend, kids in the UK will get to enjoy a rare treat—being read a bedtime story by royalty.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The speaker has built-in parental controls and allows Alexa to play music, help with homework, and even read bedtime stories.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The video opens up with Pink in her daughter Willow’s bedroom reading her a bedtime story.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2021
  • Viewers can create a path based on their in-the-moment feelings and time constraints, and the Sleep journey can even end with a bedtime story.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 June 2021
  • The sound of the police and fire scanner, which my parents relied on for stories, was my music box and my bedtime story.
    Katy Tur, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Make your child the star of their own bedtime story or turn a parent into a super hero with a Wonderbly custom book.
    New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Things take a scary turn when Michael tells Billie about his favorite bedtime story, which is about Pennywise the Clown.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 22 Nov. 2019
  • There’s nothing quite as delightful as curling up with a young child and a bedtime story.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The scene began with Marge reading a bedtime story to Lisa that had been neutered with social justice buzzwords.
    Dana Schwartz, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • From the first bedtime story with Tolon to the hundreds of other adventures later, the role Arthur played in Brown's life will leave a lasting impact.
    Leda Alvim, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2022

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