How to Use single mother in a Sentence

single mother

noun
  • Yun-ji, who was the single mother of a young child, agreed to do it.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 29 May 2026
  • White grew up in a tough part of town as one of four boys raised by a single mother.
    — Dave Skretta, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
  • This child was raised by a single mother and has no siblings.
    — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • She and her three siblings have been raised by a single mother.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • Sita is a single mother to two teenage boys.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Barbara was a single mother who worked the third shift.
    — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Rishavy, 36, is a single mother of three.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Sofi was 24 and a single mother.
    — ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Denia is a single mother of three.
    — Ubah Ali, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Williams recalls a single mother with two girls younger than 5.
    — Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • My two younger brothers and I were raised by a single mother.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Gloria was the single mother of a 7-year-old.
    — Paul Larosa, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • Espinoza grew up as one of five siblings, raised by a single mother.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • These days, the single mother of a teen girl is a working philosopher.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
  • For a single mother with two children, the math tells the story.
    — JosÉ Luis Villegas, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Jeremy was raised by a single mother and helped raise his younger siblings.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
  • Palomino is a single mother with a son and daughter.
    — Cal Matters, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Once a week, a single mother and her two young children sit around a table to play a board game.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025
  • Once a week, the single mother and her two young children sit around a table to play a board game.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026
  • An analogy that resonates with me is that of a boy raised by a single mother.
    — Ben Gebremeskel, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Was she torn between her roles as a scientist and a single mother?
    — Ayelet Fishbach, Harvard Business Review, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Debbie was a young single mother with two toddlers and worked in a restaurant bar.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • This was the year a proud single mother beat out a reigning champion.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • For obvious reasons, the single mother of three feared for her life.
    — Michael Tobin, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • As one of six siblings raised by a single mother, Blatt has dealt with her share of hardships.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The film follows a single mother and her teenage son in a bourgeois house near the port of Beirut.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 15 May 2025
  • That’s not to say Paul, a single mother of three, isn’t also looking for love.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Mary Woulf was 22, a single mother and a college dropout.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Gray, known as Trey to those close to her, was a single mother to a 7-month-old daughter.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Clark was raised by a single mother after his father died when Clark was 9.
    — Maya Prabhu, AJC.com, 12 Jan. 2026

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