baby-sit
verb
(intr) to act or work as a baby-sitter
baby-sitting
-
a word derived from
baby-sit.
Example Sentences
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A baby-sitting bonanza now appears to be underway.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
So she began baby-sitting for $25 a day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
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
“They refused to sell to me again. One of them tried baby-sitting me until I fell asleep.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2018
Her body worked all day planting, weeding, baby-sitting, washing—oh, so many chores!—but her spirit had nothing to do.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
