mothers
- present tense form of mother (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Mothers and families have been campaigning for decades for a dedicated unit where women are treated alongside their babies instead of being separated and cared for in a general psychiatric ward.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
Jeanne Abrams is professor emerita at the University of Denver and author of “Revolutionary Medicine: The Founding Fathers and Mothers in Sickness and in Health.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Mothers interviewed by AFP also criticised the initiative.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Mothers are still overwhelmingly the primary caregivers in American families, and tend to be more sensitive to the challenges of child-rearing than older men, who may have been less intimately involved in its daily struggles.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Mothers are not supposed to be more beautiful than their daughters, and daughters are not supposed to die before their mothers.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
