baby-sitting
- a word derived from baby-sit.
Example Sentences
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Some parents switched to private school; others chose an extended preschool experience or settled for day care or informal baby-sitting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
Many grandparents actively help out their children by baby-sitting and school or daycare pickups, so pandemic barriers against that have made for “a lose-lose” situation for families, Nicholson says.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2021
A day before the April 2015 assault, Stubblefield contacted the then 31-year-old woman on a baby-sitting website and arranged an interview, prosecutors said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
A recently fired nurse takes a job baby-sitting on the weekend for a wealthy doctor with a diabetic son.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2020
Jessie laughed, even though she was still stinging from the baby-sitting remark.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
