apron strings
Example Sentences
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Brunger, Cleary and Kavanaugh created a musical during the pandemic that sought to ride the apron strings of a beloved baking competition with global reach.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
This cutting of the apron strings sometimes comes early: Certain seal moms spend as little as three days nursing their pups before ducking beneath the chilly ocean waves, never to return.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2021
How do I manage my mother’s anxieties while disentangling myself from her apron strings?
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019
Only in this frenzied ojyuken world could apron strings stir up such passion.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2018
Grandmother hummed on and the apron strings trembled.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
