baby-sitter
Example Sentences
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"We all have weekly shifts assigned and there is no limit to the number of hours we can work," says Pizza, who boosts her income helping out as a baby-sitter, cleaner and waiter.
From Reuters • Jan. 31, 2023
Now, the pandemic has forced her to be a short-order cook, housekeeper, laundry supervisor, tutor, translator, tech consultant, baby-sitter — actually, a third parent.
From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2020
Meanwhile, next door children were home alone with a baby-sitter.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2018
She yelled at the baby-sitter, said a late goodbye to her son, but never got in close enough physical proximity to him for us to feel her being torn.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2015
It was the last afternoon Eliot spent with Mrs. Sen, or with any baby-sitter.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
