Examples of mama in a Sentence
I'm not your mama—you'll have to clean up after yourself.
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My mama strains both the yogurt and the cucumber before mixing everything together.
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Georgina Hayden, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026
After making off with a substantial stack of cash from her job to fund a new life with boyfriend Sam Loomis (John Gavin), she gets waylaid by a rainstorm and stops to spend the night at the Bates Motel, run by awkward mama’s boy Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
This isn’t your mama’s season of Interview With the Vampire.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 8 June 2026
Rowan and Grier both inherited the modeling gene from their mama, showing off matching Aerie swimsuits in a June 2021 photo.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
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Georgina Hayden, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026
After making off with a substantial stack of cash from her job to fund a new life with boyfriend Sam Loomis (John Gavin), she gets waylaid by a rainstorm and stops to spend the night at the Bates Motel, run by awkward mama’s boy Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins).
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
This isn’t your mama’s season of Interview With the Vampire.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 8 June 2026
Rowan and Grier both inherited the modeling gene from their mama, showing off matching Aerie swimsuits in a June 2021 photo.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
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“Mama.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mama. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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