MOTHER in a Sentence

Learn MOTHER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
382 example sentences for MOTHER, such as:
1. Tom tugged at his mother's arm.
2. The child gripped its mother's arm.
3. The baby flew into his mother's arm.
4. Every mother thinks her child beautiful.
5. He was overjoyed to see his mother again.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of MOTHER
mother
 n.  a term of address for an elderly woman
 v.  make children
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  My mother had much desired to have a daughter, but I continued their single offspring.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  Among these there was one which attracted my mother far above all the rest.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  Her mother was a German and had died on giving her birth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  So the mother and little Pearl were admitted into the hall of entrance.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE GOVERNOR'S HALL
5  Meanwhile her mother had accosted the physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
6  She inherited her mother's gift for devising drapery and costume.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
7  And this, moreover, was a mother's estimate of the child's disposition.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
8  Run away, child," answered her mother, "and catch the sunshine.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
9  "I am not aweary, mother," replied the little girl.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
10  She heard her mother's voice, and approached slowly through the forest.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
11  Madame Moritz, her mother, was a widow with four children, of whom Justine was the third.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  So let thy mother take no thought, save for herself and thee.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
13  Towards her mother, too, Pearl's errand as a messenger of anguish was fulfilled.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
14  The resemblance between her and her mother was strikingly great.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
15  Nor was her residence at her mother's house of a nature to restore her gaiety.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (172 in 12 pages)
1  He hated his mother's way of alluding to Jean but never actually saying her name.
2  Researchers are looking at how a mother's health can affect the baby in the womb.
3  He was overjoyed to see his mother again.
4  If you speak to your mother like that again, you'll get a thrashing.
5  Fortune to one is mother, to another is stepmother.
6  His indulgent mother was willing to let him do anything he wanted.
7  I had a big argument with my mother this morning.
8  The baby flew into his mother's arm.
9  Tom tugged at his mother's arm.
10  The child gripped its mother's arm.
11  Every mother thinks her child beautiful.
12  Barbara White and her mother like to listen to music together, though their tastes don't harmonize.
13  A child may have too much of his mother's blessing.
14  She resents her mother for being so tough on her.
15  She may appear severe toward her children but she is a fond mother at heart.