mummy
Example Sentences
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"My twins are not sleeping at night. They tell me 'mummy I am scared to sleep because when I close my eyes I see Ibrahima'."
From BBC
"I'm going to make memories. I can't get to make them with mummy, but I'm going to make them with my family," added Rachel.
From BBC
In most cases the “mummy portraits”—as the paintings are called—came to be pried or detached from the full mummy by excavators, archaeologists or thieves.
Kelly used phrases like "mummy's going to help you get down" instead of telling her son not to jump down.
From BBC
She’s managed to wrap herself in red, white, and blue streamers like a patriotic mummy.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.