apron strings

Example Sentences

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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

"That was puberty age and they were becoming a bit more strong-willed and not tied to the apron strings," he told police.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2018

If you’re trying to cut the apron strings, why work with your mother?

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2017

This time as she came away, she absently untied and re-tied her apron strings, taking up what little slack her enormous waistline allowed.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger