Example Sentences

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These women had mothered us our entire lives; they deserved to rest after the death of their mami.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

She had mothered him since he turned up in her bilingual-education classroom in Washington, D.C., a scrawny 10-year-old fresh from El Salvador.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2021

Just outside the gaggle of journalists, SEIU’s local President David Rolf, who had mothered the law into existence, paused, and then grinned.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2014

Where established businesses had mothered their girls, Casablancas shamelessly pandered to their egos, promising them a glamorous lifestyle and much media exposure.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2013

He also told of waifs whom Nancy had mothered and fed from her own cupboard until they were old enough to shift for themselves.

From Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road by Mainer, R. Henry (Robert Henry)