single mother

noun

: a mother who does not have a husband or partner

Examples of single mother in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Recommended Seven years ago, Ms. Burgess, a single mother of six, built Troop 6000 from the ground up after losing her rental home to developers. Sara Herschander, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Mar. 2024 Also significant is Shirley’s meeting with Barbara Lee (Christina Jackson), a 25-year-old single mother who believes registering to vote is futile given that politics doesn’t exist for Black women. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2024 Against that backdrop, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni — herself the single mother of a single child — is agitating for her compatriots to give parenting a second chance, and in December brought Elon Musk to Rome to beat that drum. Alessandra Migliaccio, Fortune Europe, 11 Mar. 2024 Jamie is a 54 year-old single mother working as a legal administrative assistant in Central Texas. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024 Gallego, along with his three sisters, was raised by his single mother in Chicago. Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024 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 The eldest of five siblings, Ms. Nakamura, who is a single mother of two children, was born into a family of griots, or traditional West African musicians and storytellers. Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024 The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia. 10. The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024

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“Single mother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/single%20mother. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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