How to Use single mother in a Sentence

single mother

noun
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  • The director is a single mother who was in the first class.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024
  • As a single mother, he’s been a vital source of strength for me.
    — Essence, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Gray, known as Trey to those close to her, was a single mother to a 7-month-old daughter.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The suspect, a single mother, lives about 100 miles southwest of the jail in Knoxville, records show.
    — Mark Price The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 28 July 2023
  • Carmen, a single mother, makes $12 an hour and works 10 hours a night, six nights a week.
    — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2023
  • My two younger brothers and I were raised by a single mother.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • This child was raised by a single mother and has no siblings.
    — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2023
  • In 2018, Kelli Haus was a single mother with two young sons.
    — Julie Satow, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • In the Craig Gillespie film, Ferrera plays Jenny, a single mother and nurse who bets on the wrong horse.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
  • In 1928, Francis gave birth to Dorothy Williams, her only child, and raised her as a single mother.
    — Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
  • He was raised by a single mother in North Charleston and has one brother.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
  • Dear Amy: My daughter is a single mother of two children, ages 7 and 5.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The native New Yorker was raised by a single mother, who was a schoolteacher in Queens.
    — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Galitzine plays a heartthrob boy band singer who falls for a 40-year-old single mother.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia. 5.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia. 6.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2023
  • This was the year a proud single mother beat out a reigning champion.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Debbie was a young single mother with two toddlers and worked in a restaurant bar.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • With the change in policy, for example, take a single mother with a child.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2024
  • She and her siblings were raised by her single mother, Andrea Carter.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 20 May 2024
  • At the time, Graham was a single mother in the first year of her residency to become a chaplain.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving as a single mother of two to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
    — Audrey McAvoy, Fortune, 22 Apr. 2024
  • That same day, his grandmother died too, leaving Jones a single mother of four.
    — Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • As a single mother, Richard often relied on her neighbors to pick up her kids or step in as babysitters.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Being a mother is one of the hardest and most rewarding jobs on the planet — being a single mother is even more of a feat.
    — Rebecca Norris, Woman's Day, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Gallego, along with his three sisters, was raised by his single mother in Chicago.
    — Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Diddy was raised by his single mother after his father was killed in 1972.
    — Bellamy Richardson, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
  • Moreno, for example, was a single mother with not enough money to feed her children.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Abby, who was raised by her single mother, hoped to pursue a career in forensic science.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2024

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