babysitting

Example Sentences

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Her version: "He needs somebody there for him 100 percent of the time ... That's not love, it's babysitting."

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Happily, you appear to be helping them with babysitting duties while your son-in-law plays the piano on an upper floor.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Cleaning houses, working in a candle shop, babysitting, unloading trucks in a food terminal and finally the kitchen of local health food grocery the Turnip Truck, music was always in the background.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

"It was a real group of us. I was just lucky enough to get the nice job of babysitting!"

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

I took twenty dollars from my babysitting stash, grabbed my glue stick, and ran back downstairs.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda