Sentence examples for with nightcap from inspiring English sources

Wilbur looks like a wizened old coot — a character drawn from an English Gothic novel — fussy, adorned with nightcap and robe, shuffling along dank hallways with candle in hand, feet padded by comfortable slippers (truth be told, Wilbur caught the glamour bug after diving into the swamp, reportedly paying $500 for a pair of slippers bearing the seal of the commerce department).

As with nightcaps, a hair of the dog is most judiciously limited to one serving: too much of a good thing will not improve the odds that it will succeed, though you might feel, if only for a few moments, like the bon vivant, mash-up offspring of Bertie Wooster and Sally Bowles.

It can be lunch or an afternoon pick-me-up, a tea-time snack, a nibble with aperitifs, the last bite with a nightcap or even a dessert.

Round off the evening with a nightcap at Trubadur jazz club (Buniceva Poljana 2), which has live jazz every night.

With a nightcap in hand and sand still between my toes, I feel that, tonight at least, LA's sprawl is a little less sprawling.

For a little art to go with your nightcap, swing by the Gallery on Oak Creek inside the Amara Resort and Spa (310 North Highway 89A, 928-340-8900; www.amararesort.com).

Mount Warning, the remaining pinnacle of the central volcano, rimmed with the Nightcap and Border Ranges National Parks inland and the Julian Rocks out to sea, is a popular place to watch the sun rise.

Draw out the drama with a nightcap at Harlows (2708 J Street; 916-441-4693; wherearlows.com), where you'll find live rock or jazz downstairs and purple backlighting and plush and inviting seats in the Momo Lounge upstairs.

The hotel doesn't serve evening meals but the Bakehouse a few doors up does a mean steak, and we follow it with a nightcap at the Turk's Head, Penzance's oldest pub.

Open Mon-Fri 3pm9pm, Sat, Sun 1pm-9pm What more appropriate way to end an Akihabara day than with a nightcap accompanied by all the old video game consoles you could ever want.

His gaze went around the room, registering each object the ladder-back chair with a seat that Guy had recaned, the brass barometer, the wooden bowl with thin sides and a lovely grain that Guy himself had turned on a lathe, an inkwell, a monkey with a nightcap that he'd found in a junkshop.