baby-sit

Example Sentences

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She said she is needed at home to clean, cook, take out the dog and baby-sit for her neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2023

His antics had some people joking that he should come and baby-sit and do domestic chores for them.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2022

"I wouldn’t want to baby-sit — I mean, be married to — anyone else, ever."

From Fox News • Nov. 24, 2021

But one couple's decision to go out was another's chance to baby-sit; so it became difficult to earn coupons.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2017

Before she went to baby-sit again, Shirley secretly substituted buttons for the coins in the piggy bank.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord