mother
noun
a woman who has borne offspring; a female parent.
was mothering
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past progressiveof mother.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Twelve-year-old Menari gave birth to the first baby without trouble on Christmas Eve and was mothering it appropriately, but she was having problems after that, according to a news release.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
By then she was mothering two young children.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2021
She was mothering Oksi and calling a worried “kak, kak” to 426.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The ice and snow had not altogether gone; but the long-pregnant earth was mothering her children.
From The Song of the Cardinal by Gene Stratton-Porter
For now she was mothering Amy's child—her child and her husband.
From His Second Wife by Ernest Poole
