mother
Frequently Asked Questions
- I’ve always wanted to be a mother.
- You should really listen to Mother—she has your best interests in mind.
- It’s just her nature to try to mother anyone who looks like they need help.
Example Sentences
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This week he helped a reader who manages a trust left for a sibling by their mother.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Her crime, she believes, is “the cardinal scientific sin of anthropomorphizing trees by using the metaphor of the mother tree.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A release date has not yet been issued for the film, which also features Newport-born Peaky Blinders star Aimee-Ffion Edwards as the mother, as well as Dr Who's Aneurin Barnard.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Her mother was a teacher whose ancestors had fought for the North during the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Clare recognized that voice, for he’d heard it only yesterday: the girl’s mother.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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