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How to use mum in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective, interjection

Mum means mother. Example: “Your mum will have kittens when she sees what you've done to your hair!”

Examples of mum by meaning

nounMother.

  • From the Marvel Mixmaster to the Miracle Microwave, every time a new-fangled gadget has lobbed into the Aussie kitchen, Aussie mums have changed their cooking styles accordingly.1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 5
  • 'Ooh Mum, Auntie don′t allow smokin’ - Pat′s eyes were round with awe as Mum struck a match.1993, Hilda Hollingsworth, Places of Greater Safety, Zenobia Press edition, page 278
  • Her mum says that she is deaf and only partially sighted, so I need to go and stand in front of her, so she can see the gift.2004, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Patty Hansen, Irene Dunlap, Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 2, page 336

adjectiveSilent.

  • And he has been mum on his willingness to do anything.2021 November 2, Jim Tankersley, Katie Rogers, Lisa Friedman, quoting Joe Biden, “With Methane and Forest Deals, Climate Summit Offers Hope...

adjectiveSecret.

  • “Now I give you the way inside if you’ll promise to keep it mum.”1922, Robert Welles Ritchie, Dust of the Desert, page 149

More sentences with mum

  • Your mum will have kittens when she sees what you've done to your hair!From the entry have kittens
  • While you were traipsing round Africa, I had to take care of mum and dad!From the entry traipse
  • My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.From the entry cheapskate
  • My mum loves to watch Neighbours. She has the series tivoed.From the entry tivo
  • Mum did her nut after we stayed out all night without calling her.From the entry do one's nut
  • My mum is still giving me grief for not getting a job. ― What else is new?From the entry what else is new
  • In all matters relating to the family business, mum has the final say.From the entry final say
  • Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer it to the tin bath.From the entry copper
  • My mum got me onto this new diet and I've lost 5 kilos in the past two weeks.From the entry get onto
  • Fair go mum! Let me go to the party tonight!From the entry fair go
  • Mum, can I stay over at a friend's house tomorrow?From the entry stay over
  • Mum cooked us a meal fit for a king.From the entry fit for a king
  • Mum, Jimmy keeps on poking me!From the entry keep on
  • So I get home at two in the morning, right, and this is my mum: "where do you think you've been all night?"From the entry this is someone
  • For a long time, I wasn't sure I'd be a mum at all.2021, Ellery Lloyd, People Like Her, unnumbered page. From the entry Instamum
  • After I got here, in the first lockdown, my mum suddenly passed.2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 54. From the entry serendipity
  • Modern mums can download these apps to keep track of feeds and routines.2020 May 1, Ella Walsh, “Boobs, bottles and keeping track of feeds: 10 awesome apps”, in Kidspot, News Corp Australia. From the entry nappy pin
  • Mum sometimes accused me of being a “dreamy Daniel”, which I was.2019, Ian Higgins, Bipolar: Living With It: Manic Depressive Memoirs. From the entry dreamy Daniel
  • I'm impressed.” “Your mum and I were over at Joe's the other night.2017, Randa Abdel-Fattah, The Lines We Cross, Scholastic Inc., →ISBN. From the entry memeworthy
  • My mum follows each scrape of the pen with rapt anticipation.2016, Danny Scheinmann, The Half Life of Joshua Jones, London: Unbound, →ISBN, page 262. From the entry scrape
  • Just like mum used to make – without the lecture at the absolute state of you!2016 December 30, Meher Mirza, “The Essential Guide To Combating A Hangover In Mumbai”, in The City Story, archived from the original on…. From the entry absolute state
  • Hurroo to the mums and kids and boozed dads who loved him.2014 October 28, Graeme Blundell, Bert: The story of Australia's favourite TV star, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry the arse
  • Mum says you make the best thosai in all Malaysia.” We all laughed.2013 November 1, Marc de Faoite, TROPICAL MADNESS, Buku Fixi (Fixi Novo), →ISBN. From the entry thosai
  • The first two admissions we managed to control her and discharge her home with her mum.2012, Emily Forbes, Georgie's Big Greek Wedding?, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry sat
  • "I was never a tiger mum!" Eu says with a laugh.2012 April 8, Chin Mui Yoon, “From homemaker to head honcho”, in The Star, Malaysia. From the entry tiger mum
  • “Mum needed her 'hoo hoo' sewn up!” and there it was, thank you Mai.2012, J. R. Thompson, Letters to Raya, →ISBN, page 110. From the entry hoo hoo
  • I shouted at Caroline’s mum to call the vets and call my dad.2011, Tom Clement, What Will Other People Think?, page 166. From the entry sprant
  • As far as Jasper was concerned, his mum being a garbo was pretty cool.2010, Zana Fraillon, Monstrum House: Locked In, unnumbered page. From the entry garbo
  • 'Get down off that wall,' my mum would say, 'or there's going to be a crying match.'2009, Jimmy Greaves, Greavsie: The Autobiography, page 1608. From the entry parentism
  • Ran out of petrol and snapped the fuel cap of my mums car yestie after school.2009 November 26, bob fossil, “Who feels like crying?”, in Bored of Studies, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2026. From the entry yestie
  • Mum bagsed being the priestess who got to dangle Stone over the volcano by his ankles.2007, Debra Oswald., Getting Air, page 66. From the entry bags
  • Mums, dads, grandparents and guardians are invited to bring babies and toddlers along to the cinema.2006 July 23, “Cinema for mums”, in Times of Malta. From the entry nappy changer
  • Mum waded though Red's excitement with a tea-towel in one hand and a Pimm's in the other.2005, Tango Wayne, Hidden Treasure, page 93. From the entry cucumberless
  • Mum waded though Red’s excitement with a tea-towel in one hand and a Pimm’s in the other.2005, Tango Wayne, Hidden Treasure, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry Pimm's
  • Mum would kill me if she saw me in Maccy D's for breakfast.2004, William Sutcliffe, Bad Influence. From the entry Maccy D's

Meaning of mum

  1. noun Mother.
  2. noun A chrysanthemum.
  3. noun A decoration traditionally made of chrysanthemums and ribbons, worn by girls at high school homecoming celebrations, marked with indicators such as the wearer's name, school, the year, and so on.

Full definition of mum

Questions about mum in a sentence

How do you use mum in a sentence?
Mum is used as a noun, adjective and interjection. For example: “Your mum will have kittens when she sees what you've done to your hair!”
What is a short sentence with mum?
“Mum, Jimmy keeps on poking me!”
What does mum mean?
Mum means mother.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mum (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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