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Examples of mama in a Sentence
I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself.
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Whatever the case, new mamas shouldn't overlook their own well-being.
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Deanna Pai, Allure, 13 Apr. 2024
While children everywhere are taught to never play too close to traffic, a fuzzy little black bear cub received no such advice from its mama and found itself in quite the predicament on April 7.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Reba even found a subtle way to have her parents with her during her performance at this year’s Super Bowl, wearing her father’s championship belt buckle and her mama's bracelet.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2024
Chopra asks her little one, who immediately attempts to mimic her mama in the clip.
—Glamour, 21 Mar. 2024
Americans and Canadians with a history of sugar dating perceive sugar babies as having more power than their sugar daddies, mamas, and non-binary benefactors.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Black mamas face this from all sides—our inner circles offer unsolicited opinions, and the larger world offers damning statistics.
—Essence, 28 Feb. 2024
In the decades since, mothers — along with moms, mamas and mums — have been mentioned 295 times.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
After all, people who want their mamas to spank them while dancing on poles are still just, well, people.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
Deanna Pai, Allure, 13 Apr. 2024
While children everywhere are taught to never play too close to traffic, a fuzzy little black bear cub received no such advice from its mama and found itself in quite the predicament on April 7.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
Reba even found a subtle way to have her parents with her during her performance at this year’s Super Bowl, wearing her father’s championship belt buckle and her mama's bracelet.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2024
Chopra asks her little one, who immediately attempts to mimic her mama in the clip.
—Glamour, 21 Mar. 2024
Americans and Canadians with a history of sugar dating perceive sugar babies as having more power than their sugar daddies, mamas, and non-binary benefactors.
—Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
Black mamas face this from all sides—our inner circles offer unsolicited opinions, and the larger world offers damning statistics.
—Essence, 28 Feb. 2024
In the decades since, mothers — along with moms, mamas and mums — have been mentioned 295 times.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
After all, people who want their mamas to spank them while dancing on poles are still just, well, people.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Mama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mama. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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