How to Use au pair in a Sentence

au pair

noun
  • The au pair even recalled testing the sound one day.
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
  • One au pair interviewed was forced to sleep in a dog’s play area.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • That’s now finished and includes two full baths — room for an au pair.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2018
  • Banfield is accused of killing his wife and a stranger to be with his au pair.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • This makes a private entrance to an au pair or in-law suite that’s over the garage.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
  • The four-year old, Oliver, was clinging to his au pair in the pool.
    — Parker Henry, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • These rooms are now Vesper’s bedroom, the au pair’s room and a guest room.
    — Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 7 June 2022
  • Other features of the home include a chef’s kitchen, a full gym and an au pair suite.
    — Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Finding an au pair to begin with is an intense and stressful process.
    — Gina Cherelus, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The core idea for the show came from my own experience of growing up with au pairs.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
  • From then on, my sister and I grew up with au pairs until our early teens.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Erin moves out to become an au pair for a rich family with an astroturf lawn.
    — Kitty Grady, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
  • But not everyone sees such a halo above the head of the au pair arrangement.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Turn the lower level into a studio apartment for guests or au pair.
    — Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Guests can be housed in the au pair suite with its convenient separate entrance.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • With a separate living room, this lavish space could be used for in-law or au pair living.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The ensuite au pair or guest area has a cozy nook, spacious walk-in closet, and a full bath with step-in shower.
    — Margaret Demarino, courant.com, 4 May 2017
  • In the months after the killings, authorities came to doubt the au pair’s account.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The finished lower level has an au pair or in-law suite, plus a workout room that could be a bedroom.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2020
  • This flexible space could be used as a fifth bedroom, guest suite, media room, quarters, au pair suite or gym.
    — Lisa Zapalac, Houston Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2018
  • My parents met at a party in Paris, my dad there on a work trip and my mum spending time in the city as an au pair.
    — Ellie Robertson, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The family also has a live-in au pair from France who also helps with childcare.
    — Trey Williams, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The family lives with an au pair who helps get Jordan ready for school in the mornings and picks him up from school.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The apartment above the garage boasts its own water views and would be ideal as a suite for in-laws, an au pair or private office.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Riddell, her husband, their three children under the age of 5 and an au pair live in their three-bedroom home.
    — Errin Haines, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The court’s decision is the second defeat for the au pair industry.
    — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Bermudez-Rodriguez, a Columbian native, worked for the family as an au pair.
    — Fox News, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The latter runs the gamut from your own fitness room and massage suite to a 24-hour personal concierge and an au pair room.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Banfield was having an extramarital affair with the au pair at the time.
    — Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Running off to au pair in Italy or to backpack through Southeast Asia were not options.
    — Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 12 Dec. 2020

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