ma

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

“I wonder what we did to you that makes you go there so often,” my ma said a few years back on the phone while I sat in the lobby of Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 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

After he finished, I saw a man who looked to be a local farmer approach him and ask: "Laih al-nar lay Al-Amrikan? Leh ma tad'o laihom bi al-hidaya?"

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2022

“Daddy,” I say again, “do you know where my ma is?”

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender