bedtime story

collocation in English

meaningsofbedtimeandstory

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bedtime
noun[U or C]
uk
/ˈbed.taɪm/us
/ˈbed.taɪm/
the time at which you usually get into your bed in order ...
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story
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstɔː.ri/us
/ˈstɔːr.i/
a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series ...
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(Definition ofbedtimeandstoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbedtime story

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The venerable tradition of thebedtimestory, a story intended to soothe anxieties and ease young children into sleep, is discarded with gleeful panache.
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If it came at all, it would arrive presumably to be read with the evening cocoa and thebedtimestory.
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If thisbedtimestoryis correct, why are not the increases in school meals abolished?
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Although it is abedtimestory, it is a nasty story about cheating, dirty tricks and commercial chicanery.
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It is abedtimestory.
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She tells this to the children almost all the time and it is the onlybedtimestoryshe ever tells.
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Little red chicken eagerly suggests reading abedtimestory.
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He also reads to her from a science textbook as if it were abedtimestory.
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Putting the slightly awkward premise aside, this is a gently reassuringbedtimestorysure to soothe bedtime jitters in homes everywhere.
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In this version, there is a framing device of a father telling his son the fable as abedtimestory.
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It was first published in 1947, and is a highly acclaimed example of abedtimestory.
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He used to tell his young daughter abedtimestoryevery night.
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She tries to distract the boys from the starstuff by suggesting abedtimestory.
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She is asked to tell thebedtimestoryfor all the children when term starts.
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It relates the story of a desperate fugitive trying to narrate abedtimestory.
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Falling asleep, he requests abedtimestory.
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But the story of a great love affair especially one that is unrequited or has ended too soon can be woven like scripture or abedtimestory.
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Youth programs are an important part of each library and a variety of programs are offered, including summer reading programs, story hour programs, toddler times andbedtimestoryprograms.
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This type of whaling has often been referred to as a war against the whales, and is hardly the stuff for pleasant fireside reading or children's bedtime stories.
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They cannot read their children bedtime stories; they do not even see their families for months on end in certain cases.
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