babysit

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Recent Examples of babysit The situation reached a breaking point when her sister once again asked her to babysit with a short notice. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025 Lyon would babysit the girl at the victim’s house during the week. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025 Read More: 9 Ways to Set Healthy Boundaries With Your Parents That might mean remembering to ask your sister how her presentation at work went, complimenting your mom’s cooking, or offering to babysit your grandkids so their parents can have a night to themselves. Angela Haupt, Time, 28 May 2025 The mother, unaware of the complaints against Mastrangelo, had hired him to babysit. Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for babysit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysit
Verb
  • As a scout for Athletico Paranaense, Brito had watched Igor Jesus a lot at youth level and rated him highly.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • Above the resort, the iconic statue of Cristo Redentore (Christ The Redeemer) watches over Maratea and Santavenere.
    Carrie Coolidge, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Lupita Nyong'o stars as Roz, a service robot who washes up on a small island with no human inhabitants and must figure out how to adapt her programming to the wilderness while mothering a baby goose.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 23 May 2025
  • One of her reasons for leaving was to focus on mothering her two daughters.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Be babied by him with back rubs, head scratches and order fast food for dinner.
    Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 9 May 2025
  • But Vance thinks the real problem is that people just aren’t babying hard enough.
    Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • All of it is medically supervised and adjusted throughout the stay.
    Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Each student had a spiritual director, and Prevost chose Sister Lyn Osiek, who also supervised his theological-reflection class.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 July 2025

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“Babysit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysit. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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