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

She told herself that she was mothering them, giving their homeless selves an outlook on domestic life.

From The Brentons by Dexter, Wilson C.

She was mothering them all, rocking herself slowly and singing gently her silly little song.

From Christmas Outside of Eden by Dawson, Coningsby