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
“It can be rather frustrating to an experienced and normally effective mother to see a young baby-sitter or day care worker doing better with her child than she,” Ames writes.
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2021
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
One of her friends, a receptionist at a physical therapy center, lost her job and is now seeking work as a baby-sitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2020
Not even Tata was trusted with keeping an eye on us, and least of all me, since I’d already proved an unreliable baby-sitter.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
