homemaker

Example Sentences

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Burden’s marriage began to settle into the traditional gender roles of homemaker and breadwinner, despite the fact that it was Burden who had financed their lifestyle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The homemaker from Richmond, Virginia said she was "sad for the families" of US soldiers who have lost their lives so far.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Margaret Ann Shriver was born in North Carolina to a homemaker mother who later worked for the National Council of Churches and a Presbyterian minister, later the president of Union Theological Seminary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

His mother was a homemaker and his father worked in scrap metal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

I don’t know what she thought about, how she felt about being a traditional homemaker as opposed to working a different job.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama