How to Use mommy in a Sentence

mommy

noun
  • Your mommy should have brought your own toys.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Evans was game for the whole mommy makeover.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Is this proof to your son on how mommy came through this?
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Blair has the best mommy in the world and is so lucky to have you.
    — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 22 July 2025
  • But this is not your mommy’s monster bride.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
  • One reached for his mommy, and one stopped to have a meltdown.
    — Sarah Bahari, star-telegram.com, 6 May 2017
  • The little owl falls out of its nest and can't find their mommy.
    — Esther Carlstone, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
  • These two just brought mommy-and-me style to a whole new level.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Should first-grade teachers have to teach kids to read who have two mommies?
    — Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Our kids don’t have to look very far to see that — just to their own mommy and daddy.
    — Michael Boren, Philly.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • What were all those mommies and daddies going to do at night?
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The mommy brigade is just killing me, like my soul is withering.
    — Jill Mapes, Pitchfork, 20 Nov. 2023
  • My mommy, Clara Marie, took care of all the kids and the house.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The little girl asked her mommy what the scar was on the upper part of her arm.
    — Arkansas Online, 1 May 2021
  • When the heart on its chest starts flashing, the mommy goes back into its cage.
    — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Who is more excited — his wife or his mommy?
    — Linda Perillo, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • My kids have visited me a few times and can’t wait for their mommy to be back home.
    — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 June 2017
  • My son is just a cuddly, loving, anime- and food-lover kid who loves his mommy.
    — Marianne Schnall, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Elmo’s mommy is knitting him a special red, white and blue hat.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The mommy-to-be kept it simple with just her bump and an ornate pair of angel wings.
    — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 17 Sep. 2019
  • This isn’t the first time the mommy-daughter duo stepped out in twinning outfits.
    — Katie Skinner, Billboard, 12 July 2017
  • Kylie and Travis' firstborn is truly a mommy's girl.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • When Heather’s two mommies came to my school, there was nothing deviant about them.
    — For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
  • One, mommy really loves her job.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Because his mommy isn't coming back.
    — Rina Nakano, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Then, having a baby and being a present mommy.
    — Janelle Ash , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Thank you mommy for praying with me everyday for the past 3 days.
    — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 10 Sep. 2018
  • In short, Nic is signing to Noah that, yes, that’s his mommy on the medal stand.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • One mommy sent flowers, then didn’t acknowledge her thank-you.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Since then, the mommy to be has been heating up the ‘gram with epic maternity looks.
    — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 19 Nov. 2020

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