mother's darling
Example Sentences
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Gerry, his mother’s darling, owns a nearby tavern and has lived at home since an unspecified tragedy related to Sept.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2012
James was the youngest of four brothers and two sisters, a handsome boy, and his mother's darling.
From Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans by Sherwin Cody
An only child, and an invalid, poor Bleuet was of course a spoiled child, his mother's darling and pet.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various
The instinct of generosity, the instinct of self-sacrifice, moved him now as, long ago one fatal night, they had moved him to bear the sin of his mother's darling as his own.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
You mean that knockkneed mother's darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?
From Ulysses by James Joyce
