How to Use stay-at-home in a Sentence

stay-at-home

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  • Eva Mendes and her agreement with Ryan Gosling to be a stay-at-home mom.
    USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Elvina, who gave birth to a daughter in the spring, is a stay-at-home mom.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Julie, a stay-at-home mom, raised Baylen and her siblings in West Virginia.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Yet, many people believe that the best way to parent is to stay-at-home.
    Sasha Brown-Worsham, Parents, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Bevers first worked as a teacher and spent years being a stay-at-home mom.
    Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
  • But Mack Weldon isn't just slashing prices on its stay-at-home clothes.
    Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 13 May 2023
  • My mom was a stay-at-home mom and my dad worked in retail management.
    R29 Team, refinery29.com, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Lindsay is a stay-at-home mom, while Robert appears to work in business.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • But the stay-at-home, social distancing order in 2020 was a dire threat.
    Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Why are women still more likely to be stay-at-home parents?
    Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Derek Forbort At five-on-five play, Forbort is a steady, stay-at-home option.
    Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • One woman is now a breadwinner married to a stay-at-home dad.
    Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
  • Annette, a stay-at-home mom, took art classes at the local college.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Ciotti was born to a bricklayer and a stay-at-home mother in 1945, in the Belluno province, in a valley in the Dolomites.
    D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Barbara was a stay-at-home mom until Theba and her brother, Mikel, went to high school.
    Sheila Yount Special To The Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Ray owned a manufacturer’s rep firm, and Meghan was a stay-at-home mom.
    Michael Burgess, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Tavia Hunt, who was a stay-at-home mom, defended him in a social media post.
    Christopher Brito, CBS News, 17 May 2024
  • In March and April of 2020, auto plants across the nation were shut by stay-at-home orders, and many dealerships were closed.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Consider Charlene, a stay-at-home mom of three, who in March faced one of the worst decisions a parent has to make.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 13 May 2024
  • Truong was a stay-at-home mom while her husband owned a thriving auto parts store in Saigon's Cho Lon District.
    Clayton Park, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
  • In an attempt to keep the Covid-19 virus at bay, most state governments issued stay-at-home orders.
    Gabriella Beaumont-Smith, National Review, 8 May 2023
  • Being a stay-at-home mom takes a tremendous amount of energy and focus.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025

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