godmother
Example Sentences
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In “Cinderella,” she said, the fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a carriage, and Koskey said she’s hoping her own fairy godmother will turn “a pumpkin into my old house again.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
It belonged to Jean's godmother Jeanne Baudot, a friend and student of Renoir's, who passed the painting on to her inheritors.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
She adds she’s been in nurturing positions her entire life — to her younger sister Elle, and to the daughters of her best friend, who are 5 and 2, as their godmother.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
Performing at the ceremony, organisers wanted Emily to descend from the rafters, playing Nothing Matters' guitar solo "like the fairy godmother who comes down in a bubble" in David Lynch's Wild At Heart.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
He calls her his fairy godmother, because she showed up just at the moment in his life when he needed somebody to let him know it was okay to be himself.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
