apron strings

Example Sentences

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Men who couldn’t, or worse, didn’t want to, were portrayed as marionettes tied to and practically strangled by their mothers’ apron strings.

From New York Times

A large woman, barely done tying her apron strings, goes running to the cabin John and Ann Laydon share with two other families.

From Literature

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

Those proverbial apron strings prove hard to untangle in the new reality series “I Love a Mama’s Boy.”

From Los Angeles Times

Apps have also stepped into this vacuum and are ideal for people ready to cut their apron strings with Google Translate.

From Washington Post