baby-sitter

Example Sentences

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But I do think we have a bigger expectation of what we want when we go out, when we get the baby-sitter, when we pay for parking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

"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

“It can be rather frustrating to an experienced and normally effective mother to see a young baby-sitter or day care worker doing better with her child than she,” Ames writes.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2021

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

It was decided that I was old enough not to have a baby-sitter after school, and I was given my own house key.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers