give birth

phrase

: to have a baby

gave birth last Thursday

Examples of give birth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many pregnant women could not continue in their jobs after giving birth. — Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026

In suburban New Jersey, a wife who had given birth only four days before the attacks lost her husband and had to face life as a widow and single mother. — Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Atlanta — Elica Redding had just given birth to her second child and joined a Facebook group offering support for pregnant women and mothers. — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026

Correspondent Faith Salie talks with experts about the symptoms, diagnosis and stigma surrounding postpartum psychosis; and with a mother whose experience of hallucinations and distorted reality soon after giving birth threatened her and her family. — David Morgan, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for give birth

• afterbirth
• berth
• dearth
• earth
• firth
• girth
• mirth
• worth
• childbirth
• rebirth
• stillbirth
• tamworth