bedtime story

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Recent Examples of bedtime story Mommy has to read the bedtime story. Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Dec. 2025 The actor — who recently partnered with cat food brand SHEBA to promote 4AM Stories, an AI-bedtime story generator that turns cats into the stars of tales inspired by literary classics — joined the series in season 2 as a fellow student in Emily’s French class. Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025 The bedtime story market is also getting more crowded. Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025 Reading a bedtime story to your child is a tradition that goes beyond bonding time. Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bedtime story
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedtime story
Noun
  • Caitlin encourages patrons not to miss The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck (interlocking short stories, set on Cape Cod and New England) and a gorgeous children’s picture book publishing in May by Newbery-Honor winning author Lauren Wolk called The Outermost Mouse.
    Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The Netflix thriller — which hit the streamer on April 24 — is a modern take on the classic Richard Connell short story The Most Dangerous Game.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The yarns of Joe Turner interweave gradually, everyday chit-chat, bargaining, and flirtation interlocking over time with threads of mysticism — both the ghosts of a brutal history and the ancestral spirits that stand protective and defiant like a phalanx of angels with shining swords.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
  • In turn, the validation produced tens of tons of BHET, which will soon be converted into polyester yarns and fabrics for garments.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Each of these archetypes serves a distinct narrative purpose.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That means by the time an indictment is returned, the factual narrative typically reflects a backward-looking account of conduct that may stretch over a decade.
    Andrew S. Boutros, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Knicks broke several NBA records by halftime.
    Maura Carey, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Police said that between financial records, witness statements, and admissions from Mours himself, investigators determined the organization lost just over $41,000 in funds.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Johnston pointed to Dukes’ criminal behavior and history.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But the king is expected to express the highest regard and friendship between the two countries on the 250th anniversary year of independence, creating what the palace called one of the greatest alliances in human history.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That Niall finds Ruben so alluring is natural to Gadd, who believes the notion of a valiant male figure has been bred into everyone via fables and fairy tales.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Quiet Dell is about death, death, death and death, in a lost time, with so many aspects of dark Gothic fairy tale—that were actually true.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026

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“Bedtime story.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedtime%20story. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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