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
Upstairs, his mother and the ayah are arguing over his mother’s handbag.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018
The ayah follows him out of the room and taps him on the elbow.
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 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
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