Bedtime
['bedtaɪm] or ['bɛdtaɪm]
Definition
(n.) The time to go to bed.
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Examples
- Take a dessertspoonful after each meal, and a tablespoonful at bedtime. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Before bedtime, I was fetched by the man with the wooden leg to appear before him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- On this last evening, I dressed my self out in my new clothes for their delight, and sat in my splendor until bedtime. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- To put Adele to bed: it is past her bedtime. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But I am tired: it surely must be near bedtime. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Three teaspoonfuls before dinner and four at bedtime. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The dose is a wineglassful for adults before meals and at bedtime; children, in proportion to age. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I heard you ask her about it, I heard her say she hadn't got it, I was there when he left it, and I took it at bedtime and brought it away. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It is now near eleven o'clock, fully bedtime; yet I would rather sit up a little longer, if you do not object, Shirley. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Take two or three pills at bedtime, for several nights successively. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- She had scarcely finished ere the bell announced bedtime! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This lasted until bedtime. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Tis almost bedtime. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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