motherhood

Example Sentences

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"Motherhood has taken my health, my time, my money, my strength, and my body," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Motherhood became a way to leave behind a childhood steeped in sadness.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

“Financial abuse exists on a continuum,” says Zawn Villines, a feminist writer and the force behind the popular Liberating Motherhood Substack.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

Motherhood has made Slate gentler on herself, sloughing off feelings of foolishness, self-criticism and self-doubt.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2024

Appleby was a fair haired boy from Iowa who believed in God, Motherhood and the American Way of Life, without ever thinking about any of them, and everybody who knew him liked him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller