apron strings
Example Sentences
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How do I manage my mother’s anxieties while disentangling myself from her apron strings?
From Slate • Dec. 2, 2019
It was this parent-child relationship, and I think people were just terrified of the apron strings being cut off.
From BBC • May 23, 2018
If you’re trying to cut the apron strings, why work with your mother?
From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2017
She tightened her apron strings and walked over to her stove.
From New York Times • May 2, 2016
Grandmother hummed on and the apron strings trembled.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
