babushka

Example Sentences

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In some villages, babushkas lay down in the roads blocking Ukrainian tanks, officers said, and in one, an especially cunning babushka kept stealing the soldiers’ helmets.

From New York Times

The text messages were signed as being from “babushka,” or grandmother, the officials said.

From Washington Post

Pointing to an elderly woman, and using a Russian term for her, Mr. Iljin said: “See that babushka, let’s make an exception for her.”

From New York Times

Makhnin’s babushkas spoke Yiddish to everyone who arrived, offering them advice and helping them understand their new home.

From New York Times

I also knew that would fall on deaf ears for a Ukrainian babushka.

From Washington Post