nanny

Example Sentences

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“I don’t want to make it sound like, ‘Oh, just home-school your kids and get a traveling nanny, and then you can have the whole cake,’” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

She said that Jensen-Lee "was a baby who loved being sung to, being cuddled by his mammy and his nanny and bampy."

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

When the gold medal was confirmed, she embraced her two boys, who are both deaf, and the nanny of her children.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

“I’m a nanny, and I pick up a couple of kids from their preschool and I know and love so many kids with parents in pretty tenuous situations,” said McElroy, who is Irish American.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

This was a particular star his nanny had chosen for him when he was a child.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig