midwife

Example Sentences

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Without a doubt, Goddard was the father of 20th-century rocketry, but Charles Lindbergh was the midwife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In Northern Ireland alone, there were five men registered as a midwife and one as a nurse and midwife.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The former midwife was formally installed in the historic ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral in southeast England in front of around 2,000 people including heir to the throne Prince William and his wife Catherine.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Ockenden, a senior midwife, is currently leading the maternity review at Nottingham, which is the largest of its kind, examining about 2,500 cases of harm to mothers and babies.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Behind her were the village, Emma, the midwife, and failure—she could not go back there.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman