How to Use stay-at-home in a Sentence
stay-at-home
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            Sara, who was a stay-at-home mom then, welcomed the chance to live alone with the kids.
                        
—Kayla Levy, Curbed, 4 Aug. 2025
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            Grace, 23, dreams of being a stay-at-home mom with four kids.
                        
—Jason Parham, Wired News, 26 May 2025
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            These days Massa is a stay-at-home mom to Caleb, age 8.
                        
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2025
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            Eva Mendes and her agreement with Ryan Gosling to be a stay-at-home mom.
                        
—USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
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            Elvina, who gave birth to a daughter in the spring, is a stay-at-home mom.
                        
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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            The stay-at-home mom who yearns to go back to work, but can’t afford to pay for child care.
                        
—Reshma Saujani, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2025
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            There was cottage core, there was the trad wife, there was the stay-at-home girlfriend.
                        
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
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            Julie, a stay-at-home mom, raised Baylen and her siblings in West Virginia.
                        
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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            Yet, many people believe that the best way to parent is to stay-at-home.
                        
—Sasha Brown-Worsham, Parents, 26 Sep. 2024
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            Bevers first worked as a teacher and spent years being a stay-at-home mom.
                        
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
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            But Mack Weldon isn't just slashing prices on its stay-at-home clothes.
                        
—Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 13 May 2023
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            My mom was a stay-at-home mom and my dad worked in retail management.
                        
—R29 Team, refinery29.com, 16 Sep. 2024
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            Lindsay is a stay-at-home mom, while Robert appears to work in business.
                        
—Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023
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            By the sound of Flay’s caption, there are lots more stay-at-home pasta dates in the couple's future.
                        
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2023
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            The stay-at-home mom is ready to get back into the small business world with a unique, manageable space.
                        
—Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
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            McKenzie Folks, a stay-at-home mom, has been posting on TikTok for about a year.
                        
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 July 2025
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            In a nutshell, that means a working husband and stay-at-home mom would split the earnings the husband makes.
                        
—Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
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            Maria’s was a stay-at-home mom, first keeping a keen eye on Maria and her sister, then later on me as well.
                        
—Jacqueline Woodson, Bon Appétit, 21 Nov. 2023
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            But the stay-at-home, social distancing order in 2020 was a dire threat.
                        
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
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            And it's being compared to being a stay-at-home mom but the two are not synonymous.
                        
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 31 May 2024
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            Why are women still more likely to be stay-at-home parents?
                        
—Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2023
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            Yet others may work from home, are stay-at-home parents, or have a village who can help out with child care in the home.
                        
—Sari Hitchins, Parents, 5 July 2024
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            Gabriel Martinez was a stay-at-home dad to his 10-year-old and 5-year-old kids before spotting the call for tutors.
                        
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2025
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            Derek Forbort At five-on-five play, Forbort is a steady, stay-at-home option.
                        
—Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
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            Breanna Nix Nix is a 25-year-old stay-at-home mom from Denton, Texas.
                        
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
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            Her husband stepped away from his job as a restaurant manager in Texas and is a stay-at-home dad.
                        
—Cheyenne Devon,zachary Green, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
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            Finally, on the 17th, when the new moon in Cancer brings back that cozy, stay-at-home energy.
                        
—Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 30 June 2023
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            One woman is now a breadwinner married to a stay-at-home dad.
                        
—Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
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            Annette, a stay-at-home mom, took art classes at the local college.
                        
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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            His father Pete Bollea, was a construction foreman, and his mother, Ruth (née Moody), was a dance teacher and stay-at-home mom.
                        
—Sue Carswell, People.com, 24 July 2025
 
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