baby-sit

Example Sentences

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His antics had some people joking that he should come and baby-sit and do domestic chores for them.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2022

"I wouldn’t want to baby-sit — I mean, be married to — anyone else, ever."

From Fox News • Nov. 24, 2021

But one couple's decision to go out was another's chance to baby-sit; so it became difficult to earn coupons.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2017

“We need to get to the point where humans don’t have to constantly baby-sit and take control” of autonomous cars.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2017

She did much of the work, and I was required to lug water from the communal tap, run errands and baby-sit my brother and sister.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane