ma

Example Sentences

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It took a Stone throw to find the ma.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

"Good afternoon ma, I have not seen the hospital items"

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

The 68-year-old ma capsized his sailboat in the marina basin and was attempting to swim to shore with his boat when witnesses saw him go under the water, officials said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024

The first gallery — voluminous, glowing, visually still — introduced the Japanese concept of ma, sometimes described as an emptiness full of possibilities, into a Western ensemble of forms straight from the geometry book.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

She got seven months out with her ma and her pa on the little ship that crashed.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness