How to Use mommy in a Sentence

mommy

noun
  • My mommy, Clara Marie, took care of all the kids and the house.
    Marc Myers, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The little owl falls out of its nest and can't find their mommy.
    Esther Carlstone, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The little girl asked her mommy what the scar was on the upper part of her arm.
    Arkansas Online, 1 May 2021
  • Nearly all the kids in my class had a mommy and a daddy.
    WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
  • When the heart on its chest starts flashing, the mommy goes back into its cage.
    Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The mommy brigade is just killing me, like my soul is withering.
    Jill Mapes, Pitchfork, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The mommy-to-be kept it simple with just her bump and an ornate pair of angel wings.
    Jasmine Grant, Essence, 17 Sep. 2019
  • What were all those mommies and daddies going to do at night?
    Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The 27-year-old mommy-to-be is currently awaiting the arrival of her first child, a son.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 18 Nov. 2021
  • My son is just a cuddly, loving, anime- and food-lover kid who loves his mommy.
    Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Swipe to see little Cameron plant a kiss on his mommy Ashlee Malleo's cheek.
    Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • She’s a proud sissy, auntie, God mommy, big cousin, and mentor to a lot of cool kids.
    Kwentoria A. Williams, Essence, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The mommy-and-me duo have sported multiple twinning looks in the past.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Thank you for being an amazing mommy to our princess True.
    Melody Chiu, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Since then, the mommy to be has been heating up the ‘gram with epic maternity looks.
    Jasmine Grant, Essence, 19 Nov. 2020
  • So playing mommy and wifey role has kept me pretty busy.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Well, there’s a lot of kids who have two mommies or two daddies, and that book is important!
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
  • At the end of the clip, Savannah holds her daughter's hair out to show the length, and the video ends with the mommy-daughter duo smiling and laughing.
    Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • And who are your other mommies aside from Cara Delevingne?
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The mommy-daughter duo appeared to be lounging on the couch, as Grace flashed her toothless smile for the camera.
    Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com, 20 Nov. 2021
  • There's the yellow baby shark, pink mommy shark and blue daddy shark.
    Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Even in her first mommy-daughter Vogue cover shoot, Chopra held Malti's face away from the camera.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Some of the men still like to dredge the depths of their mommy-needing souls when a female leader is anything but sugar-pie sweet.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2021
  • Little Kulture matched her mommy with a flowing pink dress of her own.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 13 July 2021
  • From protecting their zen in Thailand to being Black girl chic in Paris, this mommy-and-me duo is too cute for words.
    Essence, 4 Oct. 2019
  • For the mommy-and-me moment, Williams and her little one pose in front of a fireplace, with Olympia sitting on the mantel while her mom stands in front of her.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 19 Apr. 2022
  • So there’s mothers and there’s mommies and then there’s mommy-daddy.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 25 Aug. 2023
  • But first, spotted off Dana Point, a baby whale doo doo doo doo doo doo swims next to his mommy whale doo doo doo doo doo doo.
    Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Jodie Turner-Smith will soon be a mommy, and her maternity looks are enough to take your breath away.
    Jasmine Grant, Essence, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Gigi Hadid is already all about the mommy-and-me photo op.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Dec. 2020

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