ayah

Example Sentences

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He finds the ayah napping on the kitchen floor.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

She grabs a cup from the table and shakes it at the ayah.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

“Weren’t we happy there. Take me out,” she tells the ayah, replacing her cup on its saucer.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

Amer leaves the vegetables upstairs with the ayah and goes to Aunty Park for a walk.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018

She said she had applied for a UN job and they would all live in The Hague with a Dutch ayah to look after them.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy