mother's darling
Example Sentences
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Gerry, his mother’s darling, owns a nearby tavern and has lived at home since an unspecified tragedy related to Sept.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2012
Second part: Fernand Cazenave, cousin of Jean Pelou�yre, has been his widowed mother's darling from infancy.
From Time Magazine Archive
His brothers had entered cadets' corps; he was the youngest, his mother's darling, and of delicate constitution; he stopped at home.
From On the Eve by Garnett, Constance
Evidently the younger son was the mother's darling; but her mode of bringing him up was not happy in its effects, as he seems to have given continual anxiety and trouble.
From Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings by Sandars, Mary F. (Mary Frances)
He had been his mother's darling; she had impoverished herself, expending all the profits of their little business to send him to college.
From The Downfall by Robins, E. P.
