Mother Nature

American  

noun

1. a personification of the forces of nature as a controlling and regulating maternal being, sometimes creative and caring.

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Example Sentences

If he was diagnosed with a severe form of cancer or heart failure, Eggerman said he would “take the first exit ramp off that Mother Nature gives me.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Of course, having to rely on an invention rather than Mother Nature isn’t really what anyone wants.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

"It's unheard of, with a little uncertainty, but whether we like it or not, Mother Nature has to find her place," Mohamed Amar Mohamed told AFP in the village of Jimera de Libar on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Our wild imaginations and real-world confrontations with disaster, whether wrought by humans or Mother Nature, only solidify our more anxious interpretations of preparedness.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

And when someone gets killed by lightning, everyone knows it’s because somebody used Mother Nature to take out a hit.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah