How to Use negligee in a Sentence

negligee

noun
  • Macy wears a trench, and beneath it, a sheer negligee.
    — Charlie Markbreiter, Them., 21 Oct. 2025
  • Her eyes seem to have lost their vigour, her complexion is now a dirty negligee pink satin.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 14 Aug. 2018
  • Her closed eyes and negligee-like garment lend her the air of a somnambulist.
    — Robert Greskovic, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2017
  • How about photographing her and Eva in their negligees, lounging on beds?
    — Martha Weinman Lear, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2017
  • At eleven, Grethilda dons a negligee, slides into bed, and wakes her husband.
    — Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
  • For that one night, Goldie Hawn—in a negligee—was the coolest mom in Hollywood.
    — Hilary Weaver, vanityfair.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Sandra Bush, who died in 2012, wore a red negligee with a deep open neck and a wide black belt.
    — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Well in Texas, that flimsy negligee of a justification didn't stay on long.
    — Victoria Defrancesco Soto, NBC News, 30 May 2017
  • Lions, female sphinxes, deer and other symbols of the house are printed on long negligee-style dress in pink-beige and black crêpe.
    — Cécilia Pelloux, Forbes, 7 May 2021
  • Notably, while Fiyero is shirtless, Elphaba instead puts on the chunky knit over a knit negligee.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 3 Dec. 2025
  • Esther, who can’t read but can sew like a virtuoso, supports herself by making negligees and corsets for women across the social strata.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The negligee style hangs from your collarbone down to your mid-chest and adds just a hint of a sparkle with two cubic zirconia stones on either end of the vertical section.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
  • And arguments rage among fans over details such as the exact color of sequins on a negligee worn by a character named Magenta.
    — Neda Ulaby, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Wafting about in a flowy, sky-blue negligee, Rachel Bay Jones’ lady of leisure is daft but sweet and accidentally profound.
    — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Elisa Benzoni’s elegant period costumes include modest bustiers, negligees and silk robes.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Nigerian actress Temi Otedola oozed the mystery of a film noir femme fatale in a floor-length black coat, tightly cinched with the lacy hint of a negligee peeking out beneath.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The full video dropped at midnight, and features Madonna dragging on what appears to be a cigar (or might something stronger), sporting platinum blond hair and wearing some fetching negligee.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 7 May 2021
  • From lace trims to cheeky cutouts, lingerie detailing can take your beachwear to boudoir bombshell territory—just make sure to keep these separate from your negligee drawer to avoid any mistaken swaps.
    — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 2 June 2026
  • The Emmy Award nominee posed in a gold halter top in another photo and modeled a sheer white babydoll negligee adorned with pink roses over white lingerie in one shot.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • When Rihanna attended a Paris Dior show in nothing but a black mesh negligee, proudly showing off her baby bump, legions of fans (and the audience in attendance) did not clutch their pearls but applauded.
    — Christina Binkley, Town & Country, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The show opens with a series of hazy black-and-white photographs from 1969 that capture the artist’s reclusive mother in a frothy negligee, moving about a dim, somewhat bedraggled bedroom, curling her hair, putting on makeup, posing before a mirror.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2016
  • Intent on payback, Bernadine strips all of his clothing from the closet and begins tossing them into his BMW, power-walking between the closet and the vehicle in just a robe and a negligee, carting each load of belongings in a child’s wagon.
    — Niela Orr, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

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