ayah

Example Sentences

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“They’re tearing down the old house,” his mother tells the ayah.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

He finds the ayah napping on the kitchen floor.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

The ayah wheels her to the doors that open onto the balcony and over the threshold.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

She is tapping the arms of her chair when the ayah wheels her in for tea that afternoon.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

She said she had applied for a UN job and they would all live in The Hague with a Dutch ayah to look after them.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy