earth mother
Example Sentences
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Ted Danson, her “Cheers” co-star, once called her “a biker chick crossed with an earth mother” and praised her lack of self-consciousness.
From Washington Post
But in that telepathic moment between the sisters, Serena was not tennis’s earth mother.
From New York Times
Haloa was the first child of the earth mother and father and was stillborn.
From Salon
Ms. Missoni is a charismatic woman with an easy smile, a mane of dark curls and a disarming earth mother air.
From New York Times
In the video, Perry alternates looks: First she’s ready for the altar, clad in a white gown, then she’s an earth mother, clothed in a mountain of multicolored flowers.
From Los Angeles Times
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