- present tense form of mother (3rd person singular).
mothers
Example Sentences
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Postpartum depression occurs in 1 out of 10 women, and postpartum psychosis impacts mothers in 1 or 2 of every 1,000 births.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Offspring born to older mothers often live shorter lives, reproduce less, and have lower evolutionary fitness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
But still she had the courage to tell her own story, complete with her own bad decision to self-medicate, in the hope that it would help other mothers struggling just to feel like themselves again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
This sounds like an easy fix, but reducing the number of women's prisons will mean some female inmates being held even further away from their families, and half of them are mothers, government data shows.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The room mothers came to help with the party.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
