bedtime story

noun

Definition of bedtime storynext
as in short story

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Recent Examples of bedtime story For instance, the question of whether parents should allow AI to read bedtime stories to their children varies depending on how parents view the purpose of story time. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 11 June 2026 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 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
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  • Korean director Kim Sung-soo thinks so and is making a film on this very subject, Worm Train, inspired by Franz Kafka’s short story Metamorphosis.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Patricia Clarkson and Amy Madigan are also in the dugout for what is being described as a love letter to baseball and is based on a short story by Dave Eggers, the author behind A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of short story
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  • At the center of the collection is Brurry Denim, a proprietary Japanese selvedge developed for the collection using intentionally irregular yarns inspired by the imperfections of century-old fabrics.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Knitting is a special form of fabrication in which the two ends of the yarn remain outside the fabric.
    — Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of yarn
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  • But anyone who’s yet to see the earlier series need not fret; while Seven Havens makes reference especially to Korra, any crucial details are reestablished within a narrative that’s set nearly two centuries later and stands largely on its own.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The narratives surrounding the Chicago White Sox are familiar to anyone who has paid any attention during the regular season.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of narrative
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  • 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
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  • Frémaux also turned the opening ceremony into his customary crash course in Lyon cinema history.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Leaning into its history, Kessler has outfitted the hotel with installations that channel the Jurassic period, including life size dinosaur skeletons and fossils, backlit in a range of bright colors, displayed throughout the walls.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 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 12 Oct. 2026.

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