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How to use godmother in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun, verb

Godmother means a woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child. Example: “Mary stood as godmother for little Emily, her godchild.”

Examples of godmother by meaning

verbTo act as godmother to.

  • The servants took to her – as they say – she godmothered three Susans during her rule, the coachman's, the gardener's and the Up Hill gamekeeper's.1909, H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay

More sentences with godmother

  • Mary stood as godmother for little Emily, her godchild.From the entry godchild
  • I thought it was clever the director cast the same woman to play both the Wicked Witch and Prince Charming's fairy godmother.From the entry fairy godmother
  • Isaac Nathan's Christian wife served as godmother to his outside son, born after their Christian marriage.1994, Caroline H. Bledsoe, Gilles Pison, Nuptiality in Sub-Saharan Africa: contemporary anthropological and demographic perspectives…. From the entry outside
  • A padrino or godfather and a madrina or godmother for the child are chosen by the parents.1969, Benicio T. Catapusan, Flora E. Diaz-Catapusan, Philippine Problems. From the entry padrino system
  • In Tinsel Town she plays the fairy godmother.2025 November 28, Hollie Richardson, “Oh yes he is! Kiefer Sutherland dives into the world of panto”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived…. From the entry panto
  • Knowing that an ajumma would always be within arm's reach, like a Korean fairy godmother, traveling further afield grew less daunting.2018 December 7, Julia M. Adler, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Seoul’s no-nonsense guardian angels”, in The Seattle Times, Seattle, W.A.…. From the entry ajumma
  • "Yeah, well, just remember, Maureen, you're not her fairy godmother.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.2, at p.53. From the entry fairy godmother
  • He has created Barnaby, an amiable little boy who wishes for a fairy godmother and gets a fairy godfather—Mr.1943 October 31, Isabelle Mallet, “Godfather With Wings; BARNABY. By Crockett Johnson. […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry fairy godfather
  • Do you think, do you really think, if Betty Finn's fairy godmother made her cool, she'd still act nice and hang with her dweebette friends?1988, Daniel Waters, Heathers (film). From the entry dweebette
  • I can't remember the last time that you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee even though my wife is godmother to your only child.1972 March 14, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Paramount Pictures. From the entry even though
  • I was not called Karen after Hans Andersen's dancing girl, but after a Danish friend of my mother's who married an Englishman and was my godmother.1918 Cecily Ullman Sidgwick, Karen, W.Collins, 1918, page 12. From the entry karen

Meaning of godmother

  1. noun A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
  2. verb To act as godmother to.

Full definition of godmother

Questions about godmother in a sentence

How do you use godmother in a sentence?
Godmother is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Mary stood as godmother for little Emily, her godchild.”
What is a short sentence with godmother?
“In Tinsel Town she plays the fairy godmother.”
What does godmother mean?
Godmother means a woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.

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