ma

Example Sentences

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“I wonder what we did to you that makes you go there so often,” my ma said a few years back on the phone while I sat in the lobby of Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

This was followed by two smiley faces and a later post saying "April fool ma brother ohh".

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2025

“Tunes hiv been whirlin aroon in the air an in ma heid an hairt since I wis a bairn, an I wis composing tunes an songs even then,” she wrote in her book.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022

“Think Marination ma kai with a 98118 twist …” they say on Facebook.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

And I feel bad, because I know I’m going to leave him here in this house by himself, same way my ma left the two of us.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender