bedtime story

noun

Definition of bedtime storynext
as in short story

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Recent Examples of bedtime story Amazon’s virtual assistant, Alexa, reads his sloths a bedtime story every night, Wallach said. — Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 Stars like Buzz Aldrin, Whoopi Goldberg and Mick Jagger certainly have endless bedtime story material to share with their great-grandchildren. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 In testimony Monday, Woodall described being made to undress in Kiesle’s rectory bedroom during a sleepover as a fifth-grader, before being molested alongside another child as part of a role-playing bedtime story. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026 The once-dreary building is now covered by a brightly colored mural, depicting books, bedtime stories and the Howard family sitting around a table, more books in hand. — Aurora Sousanis, Freep.com, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bedtime story
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedtime story
  1. short story
  2. yarn
  3. narrative
  4. record
  5. history
  6. fairy tale
Noun
  • La Presse said that a 2012 short story by Orelien had plagiarized passages from a book by French author Louis Pauwels, while a 2013 opinion piece copied from The Philippine Star newspaper.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In total, Higgins Clark wrote over 40 suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a historical novel, a memoir, and two children’s books.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of short story
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  • Parkdale plans to use its yarn manufacturing infrastructure, technical expertise and research and development capabilities to support the technology’s expansion.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Wayne became the third leg of the stool for people like Dominick Dunne, who had a knack for earning people’s confidence and could spin a hell of a yarn.
    — Mike Hogan, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of yarn
Noun
  • This keeps the performance informal and keeps the narrative — a staggering odyssey of injustices, abuses, travel adventures, extraordinary coincidences, losses, reunions, reflections and self-analysis — from becoming sensationalized.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Nakajima says the team leaves the fun of the original, its narrative structure and the feeling audiences take home untouched.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of narrative
Noun
  • California records show Zhang has been a licensed real estate agent since 2016.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For products other than plastic food containers, companies would have had to provide records to the attorney general upon request if a violation was suspected.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of record
Noun
  • Brower and her partner, Aspen Simone, dug into books about pigeon behavior and their history with humans.
    — KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The uncertainty lay in how to care for themselves, honor that history and make space for a future.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of history
Noun
  • Lewis Carroll’s fairy tale would serve as a psychological refuge and childhood obsession for Cathy as a young girl, fixating on the idea of drinking a potion to shrink so that no one can see her or reach her.
    — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
  • He’s made elegant additions, too, such as stitching in a lovely fairy tale that Ionesco wrote for his daughter and staging it with a whimsical storm of soap bubbles.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of fairy tale

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“Bedtime story.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedtime%20story. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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