How to Use mama in a Sentence

mama

noun

• I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself.
• The fourth trimester is all about taking care of the mama.
  — Eden Grinshpan, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2024
• And so the poor kid had to carry on with life, with no mama.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2022
• For when your mama’s not there to take away your phone.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 Apr. 2021
• That’s the schools, the principals, the teachers, the mama, the daddy.
  — Tirhakah Love, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2023
• In her hands, Brenda is a mama bear not to be messed with.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
• The mama cat had abandoned the litter of five newborns in the heavy rain.
  — Maria Lopez, cleveland, 29 July 2021
• But mama would have bought me the coat, since my brother asked.
  — Svetlana Alexievich, Vox, 12 July 2019
• Gift it to a plant mama along with a plant pot and seeds to grow something new this spring.
  — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
• This mama’s heart is happy and full of love for them both.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 9 Sep. 2019
• Maybe the ex babysits so mama can have a date night with her butch heartthrob.
  — Lily Burana, Marie Claire, 15 Feb. 2019
• Let this recipe be the base for future dates with your sweet mama, too.
  — Cincinnati.com, 10 May 2018
• Even the mama, who in the beginning bit and scratched and was a little scary.
  — New York Times, 1 Mar. 2022
• And the joy of mama getting past the halfway point in my 20 weeks of treatment.
  — Ashli Brehm, courant.com, 8 May 2018
• There were a lot of earth-mama hippie girls who knew how to do that stuff.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 28 May 2019
• Here’s a roundup of some whiskeys that will make your mama happy.
  — Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 8 May 2021
• Wipe the drool off your tank top, put some pants on, and get out your mama’s basement!
  — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
• Heck, show up at your mama friend’s house with a bottle of wine and hold the baby for a while.
  — Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
• The best fake plants take all the stress (and guilt) out of plant mama status but can still be a nice way to spruce up a home.
  — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 11 May 2021
• Here, a look at the young, up-and-coming models who get it from their mamas.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2023
• These gift ideas for moms who like to fish might help your mama hook a whopper.
  — Outdoor Life, 22 Mar. 2021
• In the decades since, mothers — along with moms, mamas and mums — have been mentioned 295 times.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• After that first month, the kids join their mama to forage for food.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 12 Jan. 2021
• Anna told me that when the mama chihuahua pees, Sara goes and pees on top of her pee.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 8 May 2020
• Here’s a Latino math question: how do you guys get to be both the perro and the mama’s boy?
  — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• Keepers said his favorite spot for sleeping is on the floor of the den next to his mama.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2020
• There were times in my life where my mama couldn’t get my number [Laughs].
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
• And the mother was out, the mama duck was out there just screaming, and the babies were squealing.
  — Tiffini Theisen, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 May 2018
• Bryant told the volunteer by phone that the mama bear could be waiting for a cub to come out.
  — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2022
• My mama’s proud, my hometown’s proud, my community around here is proud.
  — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024