babushka

Example Sentences

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As a boy, I hand-made pelmeni with my babushka Alla, my hands and face covered in flour as we worked in the cold of my grandparents’ basement in Paterson, New Jersey.

From Seattle Times

“There was a 92-year-old babushka who was injured, and we put her on the stretcher and helped get her out.”

From New York Times

In some villages, babushkas lay down in the roads blocking Ukrainian tanks, officers said, and in one, an especially cunning babushka kept stealing the soldiers’ helmets.

From New York Times

The text messages were signed as being from “babushka,” or grandmother, the officials said.

From Washington Post

Pointing to an elderly woman, and using a Russian term for her, Mr. Iljin said: “See that babushka, let’s make an exception for her.”

From New York Times