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How to use pajamas in a sentence

25 example sentences · noun

Pajamas means clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers. Example: “She put on a coat over her new pair of pajamas.”

Examples of pajamas by meaning

nounClothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

  • She put on a coat over her new pair of pajamas.
  • Why can't I sleep in pajamas?1953, Dalton Trumbo, Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton, Roman Holiday, spoken by Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn)

More sentences with pajamas

  • They wore jorts and crop tops; or strappy, S&M-influenced getups; or pajamas emblazoned with cartoons.2025 May 5, Spencer Kornhaber, “Is This the Worst-Ever Era of American Pop Culture?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN. From the entry getup
  • Stay home in your pajamas, oh fellow member of the pajamahadeen.2012, John Biggs, Charlie White, Bloggers Boot Camp: Learning How to Build, Write, and Run a Successful Blog, Focal Press, →ISBN, page 188. From the entry pajamahadeen
  • He woke suddenly, and sat up in his feeted pajamas and rubbed his eyes.2010, Joanne Kathleen Farrell, “The Photographs”, in Liberty for the Lion Shield, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 289. From the entry feeted
  • I was just in my pajamas and slippers, and I blushed because she was looking at me.2009, Arlene Gorey, My Spanking Diary, page 28. From the entry jammies
  • Footed pajamas are good as well, especially once your baby starts to crawl and roll around.2008, Eva Marie Stasiak, “Facts of Life”, in Your New Baby: Insider Secrets to Save Thousands on All Your Baby’s Needs, Atlantic…. From the entry footed
  • Alex blinked her eyes open and looked up at the face of a bald man wearing pajamas.2007, Greg Iles, True Evil, Simon and Schuster, page 279. From the entry glock
  • Let’s just hope I don’t start wearing feeted pajamas anytime soon.2005 March 13, Scott Davis, “My style mentor wears diapers”, in The Item, volume 110, number 148, Sumter, S.C., page 5B. From the entry feeted
  • Early offerings--many of them packaged in sultry covers featuring buxom women in silk pajamas--were huge sellers.2000 August 1, Clay Chandler, “A Golden Goose in Red China? Entrepreneur Bets Millions That Foie Gras Will Fatten Export Figures”, in The…. From the entry counterfeiter
  • Captain Spaulding: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas.1930, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, & George S. Kaufman, Animal Crackers, 00:49:33-00:49:58. From the entry irrelephant
  • Mom gave me money to buy these paisley, empire-waisted, one-piece satin lounge pajamas I'd seen at Lerner's Department Store.2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 116. From the entry empire-waisted
  • They are wearing pajamas and shouldering pillows, with iPhones in their left hands and Samsungs in their right hands.2014, Min Ding, Jie Xu, The Chinese Way, →ISBN, page 337. From the entry Samsung
  • Linda and Jenna converged on the front door simultaneously, Jenna still in a pair of silk tank-topped pajamas.2006, Jan Bornstein, Beyond Beautiful (The Song Trilogy; 1), Portsmouth, N.H.: Back Channel Press, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry tank-topped
  • Dandelion and Buttercup were baby giraffes, sisters, yellow-flower pajamas.2002, Richard Bach, chapter 32, in Writer Ferrets: Chasing the Muse (The Ferret Chronicles; 3), New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 179. From the entry aflood
  • You might as well be wearing pajamas.1997 November 10, David Brooks, “THE SHOES MAKE THE MAN”, in Washington Examiner, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2024. From the entry comfortableness
  • Tank-topped black crepe pajamas come with a reversible quilted coolie jacket — black on one side, striped on the other.1975 March 6, “In Tempo Of The Times, Couture Shows Switch-N-Swap Multiples”, in Circleville Herald, 92nd year, number 55, Circleville…. From the entry tank-topped
  • How can I tell them that they must never expect too much from a middle-aged fellow in striped cotton pajamas?1963, Morris West, The Shoes of the Fisherman. From the entry condescension
  • The dealers apparently got a big inventory and since the war all nobody seems to be buying pajamas.1953, Richard Bissell, “7½ Cents”, in Atlantic, Little, Brown, page 53. From the entry BVDs
  • How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.1930, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, & George S. Kaufman, Animal Crackers, 00:49:33-00:49:58. From the entry irrelephant
  • He wore a pagdi embroidered with gold and silver thread on his head, a tight-fitting intricately patterned angarkha, and tight pajamas buttoned at the ankles.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 45. From the entry angarkha
  • These garments became so fashionable that the sleekest of boudoir decorators ordered himself silk pajamas the colour and cut of unionalls and jumpers.2012, Anita Brenner, Idols Behind Altars: Modern Mexican Art and Its Cultural Roots. From the entry unionall
  • That does not include the more than $20 billion spent on nocturnal accouterments like pillowtop mattresses, adjustable beds, hypoallergenic pillows, white-noise machines and monogrammed cashmere pajamas.2007 February 1, Natasha Singer, “Hey, Sleepy, Want to Buy a Good Nap?”, in New York Times. From the entry pillowtop
  • The regulations cover chil dren's pajamas, robes, night gowns and other sleepwear up to and including size 6X—the size range for most children up to six years of age.1971 July 29, “U.S. Bars Some Flammable Sleepwear”, in The New York Times. From the entry sleepwear
  • Employé has long since become employee in our newspapers, and asphalte has lost its final e, and manœuvre has become maneuver, and pyjamas has become pajamas.[1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, chapter 32, in The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry loanword

Meaning of pajamas

  1. noun Clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.
  2. noun Loose-fitting trousers worn by both sexes in various southern Asian countries including India.
  3. noun The coloured uniform worn by players in professional limited overs matches.

Full definition of pajamas

Questions about pajamas in a sentence

How do you use pajamas in a sentence?
Pajamas is used as a noun. For example: “She put on a coat over her new pair of pajamas.”
What is a short sentence with pajamas?
“Why can't I sleep in pajamas?”
What does pajamas mean?
Pajamas means clothes for wearing to bed and sleeping in, usually consisting of a loose-fitting shirt and pants/trousers.

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