sitter

Example Sentences

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A plant sitter who eats her clients’ plants while insisting she’s very good at her job.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Caley could not take time off immediately, so the two were searching for a last-minute sitter.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

In last year's Hundred her captain at Southern Brave, Georgia Adams, let her be her dog sitter - not a role you'd give to every teenager.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

After Lorenzo claimed to discern evidence of moral strength, determination and leadership qualities, Orson is said to have remarked that the sitter “would make a roaring abolitionist.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

One day his parents left him with a sitter and took the P & W high-speed trolley into the city.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli