How to Use mama in a Sentence

mama

noun
  • I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself.
  • That's just the way mamas think.
    — CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
  • That's just the way mamas think, and that's wrong.
    — CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
  • My mama taught me that a good wrap dress is worth its weight in gold.
    — Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Her mama’s heart dreams of a day all five of her kids will do the race.
    — Jenni Carlson, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • But guess what — my baby mama gonna be straight.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Jean’s mama saw through the ruse but misread it.
    — David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This is somebody’s mama, get her out of here!
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • But mama would have bought me the coat, since my brother asked.
    — Svetlana Alexievich, Vox, 12 July 2019
  • And love got her here, now a happy mama of three with her love.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s a roundup of some whiskeys that will make your mama happy.
    — Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 8 May 2021
  • My mama's got curves, my auntie's got curves.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Let this recipe be the base for future dates with your sweet mama, too.
    — Cincinnati.com, 10 May 2018
  • That's what our mamas taught us, anyway.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The working mama went about her busy day as her two youngest took their naps.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Maybe the ex babysits so mama can have a date night with her butch heartthrob.
    — Lily Burana, Marie Claire, 15 Feb. 2019
  • There were a lot of earth-mama hippie girls who knew how to do that stuff.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 28 May 2019
  • These gift ideas for moms who like to fish might help your mama hook a whopper.
    — Outdoor Life, 22 Mar. 2021
  • When do mama bears den for the winter in Tahoe?
    — Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Dance it out to hip-hop and trap music and learn how to shake what your mama gave you.
    — Shelbie Lynn Bostedt, RedEye Chicago, 3 May 2017
  • Gift it to a plant mama along with a plant pot and seeds to grow something new this spring.
    — Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The brand that calls you mama is both a cheerleader and a scold.
    — Amanda Hess, Vogue, 8 May 2025
  • Wipe the drool off your tank top, put some pants on, and get out your mama’s basement!
    — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The mama and two cubs climbed on the rocks surrounding the lake.
    — Ellen Scolnic, Philly.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Don’t ever forget that mama loves you to the moon and the stars.
    — Washington Post, 17 May 2017
  • Their mama clapped and the lamp in the entryway clicked on.
    — David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • After that first month, the kids join their mama to forage for food.
    — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Her mama smiled then, placing a hand over Jean’s.
    — David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • So proud to be his mama ❤️ everyday is the.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
  • On her lunch break, mama walks us over to the library still wearing her scrubs.
    — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026

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