How to Use ma in a Sentence

ma

noun

• Her ma and pa both said she can't go.
• I told my ma that on Mother's Day we'd be dining at the town's toniest restaurant.
• In one of the funniest, squirmy bits, Zhang and his ma are consigned to a dark basement.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• In Japanese, the term ma translates roughly as a gap, a space, a pause.
  — Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 June 2019
• For hey-ma-look-at-me lips, layer it on top of a matte red lipstick to get a super-lush look.
  — Meirav Devash, Allure, 19 Sep. 2017
• For ma, place pillowcase inside dress, open side down; fill with hay.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• The number of poisonings and deaths from ma huang plummeted after the ban.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 July 2017
• P oll c onduc t ed W edn es d a y and T hu r s d a y; all an s w e r s h av e a ma r gin o f er r or o f +/– 4 .
  — Shaffer Grubb, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 May 2017
• The Atlanta architect also has three modern homes in the Atlanta area on the upcoming MA!
  — Linda Jerkins, ajc, 3 June 2017
• Square takes a predictable cut of every transaction its ma-and-pa merchant customers make.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2017
• Outsiders think of Sichuan food as spicy hot, or la, but the more prevalent and unique characteristic of the cuisine is ma, the citrus tingle of Sichuan pepper.
  — Ben Huberman, Longreads, 12 Jan. 2018
• Look ma, no cash:Will 2020 mark the start of a decade when Americans finally ditch cash and use digital wallets, credit cards?
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2019
• Sony also notes that charging is limited to a paltry 500 mA, which means that fast charging is completely out of the question.
  — Dan Seifert, The Verge, 24 July 2018
• Bowling is a realtime embodiment of Newton’s Second Law, known as F=ma to those of the science ilk.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2018
• There are models of the chupacabra, a beast rumored to drain livestock of their blood, and the yara-ma-yha-who, which originated in the oral traditions of Australia and boasts blood suckers on its fingers and toes.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Dec. 2019
• The series has a TV-MA rating and debuted with graphic content warnings on two of its most intense episodes; an additional warning was put on the first episode.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, latimes.com, 5 May 2017
• Currently the episodes that carry graphic content are identified as such and the series overall carries a TV-MA rating.
  — Brian Porreca, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2017
• The house special spicy pot is one of those chaotic, throw everything in the pot creations, with ingredients like glass noodles, bean curd, lotus root, quail eggs and thick slabs of spam, all swimming in soupy ma la fire.
  — Lauren Saria, azcentral, 21 June 2019
• Netflix gave it a TV-MA rating which is for mature audiences and added content warnings given the graphic depictions of rape and suicide.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 8 May 2017
• While that dish provides a good touchstone, and shares some ingredients, suan cai yu differs by adding a sour component to the numbing tingle and spiciness, the respective ma and la signature of Sichuan cuisine.
  — Jim Thurman, Los Angeles Magazine, 24 May 2018
• As A-ma said, every story, every dream, every waking minute of our lives is filled with one fateful coincidence after another.
  — Chelsea Cain, New York Times, 26 May 2017
• Liverpool come into the new season with speculation continuing over the future of star ma Philippe Coutinho.
  — SI.com, 11 Aug. 2017
• The Plain Dealer agreed to identify the toddler only using her family nickname, 'Mama (pronounced ma-mah) to protect her privacy.
  — Rachel Dissell, cleveland.com, 28 May 2017
• Shafka addrivish dozge anni ma khogaroon shiqethi mori!
  — Adam Epstein, Quartzy, 1 Aug. 2019
• Additionally, 34 people died from exposure to dietary supplements during the study period — six from ma huang or ephedra, three from homeopathic agents, and one from yohimbe, CNN reports.
  — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 24 July 2017
• Je réaffirme ma détermination absolue à lutter contre l’antisémitisme.
  — Ajc, ajc, 30 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024