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1. Also Madame Haupt, the midwife, was after him for some money.
2. The midwife was already on her way to meet her, rubbing her small, plump white hands with an air of calm importance.
3. In modern times, the delivery of children has passed from the midwife to the more scientifically trained obstetrician.
4. The specialist medical team, including a midwife and experts in premature babies, have taken an incubator due to the boy's condition.

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 Meanings and Examples of MIDWIFE
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midwife
 n.  person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth
Classic Sentence:
1  "A fine midwife your Prissy will make," Scarlett remarked caustically.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
2  Marija went on to tell how she had tried to find a midwife, and how they had demanded ten, fifteen, even twenty-five dollars, and that in cash.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
3  Also Madame Haupt, the midwife, was after him for some money.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
4  In the drawing room there was no one; at the sound of his steps there came out of her boudoir the midwife in a cap with lilac ribbons.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 17
5  Trying not to get flurried or out of temper, Levin mentioned the names of the doctor and midwife, and explaining what the opium was needed for, tried to persuade him.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 14
6  The midwife was already on her way to meet her, rubbing her small, plump white hands with an air of calm importance.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER VIII
7  A trained midwife was engaged for Bogucharovo at his expense, and a priest was paid to teach reading and writing to the children of the peasants and household serfs.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  In modern times, the delivery of children has passed from the midwife to the more scientifically trained obstetrician.
2  The specialist medical team, including a midwife and experts in premature babies, have taken an incubator due to the boy's condition.