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How to use maternity in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun

Maternity means the state of being a mother; motherhood. Example: “She's working in maternity this month.”

Examples of maternity by meaning

nounA ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

  • She's working in maternity this month.

More sentences with maternity

  • I'm working half-time this month (two and a half days per week) before my maternity leave.From the entry half-time
  • My wife is on a two year maternity leave while she takes care of her newborn baby.From the entry maternity leave
  • I say, I say, I say! Did you hear the one about the nun in a maternity ward?From the entry I say
  • The woman in question came to the maternity ward and went door-to-door until she found DW.1998 March 18, Roy, “Re: Hubby's pregnancy experience?”, in misc.kids (Usenet). From the entry stalkette
  • The queens of ants, bees, wasps, and termites wear the crown of maternity — no other.1904, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 108, page 559. From the entry apian
  • Clegg says that's partly because the current maternity leave arrangements make it difficult for women to advance in the workplace.2014 April 24, Andrew Sparrow, The Guardian. From the entry advance
  • Formes is the freshest of the major maternity chains, but the staid selection is more French-mumsy than yummy-mummy.2005: Fairchild and Gallagher, Where to wear London 2006. From the entry yummy mummy
  • The police mess had formerly been a maternity home for the wives of the Sultans of the state.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 20. From the entry mess
  • For this particular scene Miss Kathleen Kelley, bosswoman of maternity nurses at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital, served in official capacity.1949 January 9, Frank Neill, “Privacy? No, Indeed, When Baby Is Born for a Movie”, in The Cedar Rapids Gazette, volume 66, number 366…. From the entry bosswoman
  • I felt he just wanted the comfort of his mum, and as I was on maternity leave, I decided to breastsleep with him.2017 March 14, Tamsin Kelly, quoting Jennifer Lynott, “Breastsleeping: Is This How New Mums Can Get More Sleep?”, in The Huffington Post…. From the entry breastsleep
  • These schemes are also occupationalist in nature and are primarily designed to protect workers in the event of work injury, sickness and maternity.2013, James Midgley, Social Development: Theory and Practice, page 180. From the entry occupationalist
  • Maternity swimsuits come in two basic styles: two-piece models with expandable or bikini briefs and one-piece styles with blouson tops (see figure 6.11).1986, Rebecca Dumlao, The Expectant Mother’s Wardrobe Planner: A Fashion Workbook to Organize Today’s Mother-to-Be, Radnor, Pa.: Chilton…. From the entry bikini briefs
  • The beat of its wee heart held against her own, sent her intense maternity surging like the spring sap in a young tree.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry wee
  • Have you found your treasure-trove, Ursula?' he asked banteringly, but looking with envious interest at the instinctive maternity of her sheltering arms.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry banteringly
  • Zac Holbrook was in the maternity suite along with his partner Leah Batross and her brother Jade Batross Jr as she gave birth to daughter Oakley.2019 December 13, Darren Boyle, “Pushing his luck! Excited father-to-be dances to Salt-N-Pepa’s Push It on the labor ward as his…. From the entry Oakley

Meaning of maternity

  1. noun The state of being a mother; motherhood.
  2. noun The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
  3. noun A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

Full definition of maternity

Questions about maternity in a sentence

How do you use maternity in a sentence?
Maternity is used as a noun. For example: “She's working in maternity this month.”
What is a short sentence with maternity?
“She's working in maternity this month.”
What does maternity mean?
Maternity means the state of being a mother; motherhood.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: maternity (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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