How to Use ma in a Sentence

ma

noun

• Her ma and pa both said she can't go.
• I told my ma that on Mother's Day we'd be dining at the town's toniest restaurant.
• In one of the funniest, squirmy bits, Zhang and his ma are consigned to a dark basement.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• For hey-ma-look-at-me lips, layer it on top of a matte red lipstick to get a super-lush look.
  — Meirav Devash, Allure, 19 Sep. 2017
• For ma, place pillowcase inside dress, open side down; fill with hay.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• This lip color is my ride or die, my real one, my holy grail of cheap ma (and their non-liquid formula is bomb too, FYI).
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 15 Mar. 2018
• Can anyone—your sister, your best friend, your ma—ever know the totality of you?
  — Chicago Reader, 14 Feb. 2018
• Come for a lesson on the importance of male friendship and stay for Will Ferrell demanding ma’s meatloaf.
  — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 17 Jan. 2018