MOTHER in a Sentence

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For MOTHER, below is one of 382 sentences:
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.

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 Meanings and Examples of MOTHER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
mother
 n.  a female parent
 n.  the title of a woman who is in charge of, or who has a high rank within
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  My mother had much desired to have a daughter, but I continued their single offspring.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
2  Among these there was one which attracted my mother far above all the rest.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  Her mother was a German and had died on giving her birth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  So the mother and little Pearl were admitted into the hall of entrance.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE GOVERNOR'S HALL
5  Meanwhile her mother had accosted the physician.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
6  She inherited her mother's gift for devising drapery and costume.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
7  And this, moreover, was a mother's estimate of the child's disposition.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
8  Run away, child," answered her mother, "and catch the sunshine.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
9  "I am not aweary, mother," replied the little girl.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
10  She heard her mother's voice, and approached slowly through the forest.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
11  Madame Moritz, her mother, was a widow with four children, of whom Justine was the third.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  So let thy mother take no thought, save for herself and thee.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
13  Towards her mother, too, Pearl's errand as a messenger of anguish was fulfilled.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER
14  The resemblance between her and her mother was strikingly great.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
15  Nor was her residence at her mother's house of a nature to restore her gaiety.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (172 in 12 pages)
16  Her mother was away and couldn't advise her.
17  The young mother was gushing over a baby.
18  The mother was in great distress when her baby became ill.
19  The baby fell asleep in her mother's arms.
20  The girl let her mother plug in the TV set.
21  She avenged her mother's death upon the Nazi soldiers.
22  A baby is sensitive to the slightest nuances in its mother's voice.
23  My mother bought me a waterproof watch.
24  It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest , but there is seldom any money in them.
25  Her mother is a religious woman.
26  Her mother's word comforted the sobbing girl.
27  If there's an argument between my daughter and her mother, it's important that I remain neutral.
28  Her mother had mentioned how colourful the yard was, now that spring had arrived.
29  The young mother was prostrate with grief at her baby's death from pneumonia.
30  If you flatter your mother a bit she might invite us all to dinner.