baby-sitter

Example Sentences

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"We all have weekly shifts assigned and there is no limit to the number of hours we can work," says Pizza, who boosts her income helping out as a baby-sitter, cleaner and waiter.

From Reuters • Jan. 31, 2023

Now, the pandemic has forced her to be a short-order cook, housekeeper, laundry supervisor, tutor, translator, tech consultant, baby-sitter — actually, a third parent.

From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2020

Meanwhile, next door children were home alone with a baby-sitter.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2018

He has a baby-sitter who takes him to school and picks him up.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2015

When we were little our mothers used to have the same baby-sitter and every morning we used to have to eat oatmeal and then go to the potty together.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers