mum

Example Sentences

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My mum was substitute-teaching English and one of her schoolbooks was “Lord of the Flies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Walker and Gibson are mum about who else might show up during the concert, but they promised that audiences driving in from L.A. will find the trip down to Orange County worth it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He said he and their two children, Oscar and Ffion, "cried all day" the first Christmas they spent without their mum.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

He said the babies would stay at the zoo for a number of years and "learn from mum and dad how to be a lemur."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

There was a huge digital clock on the wall of the dining hall, bought sometime in the seventies as the latest in technology and never replaced, even though it was older than Conor’s mum.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness