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How to use nanny in a sentence

29 example sentences · noun, verb

Nanny means a child's nurse. Example: “The nanny was keeping a close watch on her little charges.”

Examples of nanny by meaning

nounA child's nurse.

  • The nanny was keeping a close watch on her little charges.
  • Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

nounA female goat.

  • Nannies and billies look very similar, both having dangerously sharp, curved black horns.2005, Richard Cannings, The Rockies: A Natural History, Greystone Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 103
  • A baby monitor picks up the sounds of a nanny when she goes into labor—if the nanny is one who changes the usual pitch of her voice or nervously bleats during kidding.2013, Janet Hurst, The Whole Goat Handbook: Recipes, Cheese, Soap, Crafts & More, Voyageur Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 28

More sentences with nanny

  • That nanny over there with the white tail has kidded every year for the last five years.From the entry kid
  • Our nanny used to live out, but now she lives with us.From the entry live out
  • The child was a charge of the nanny.From the entry charge
  • There was sand in every crook and nanny, from truck to keel.2009, Ted Macey, Merry Swan, Jack the Lad RN, page 17. From the entry crook and nanny
  • And no wonder a nanny state increasingly tries to pick up the slack.2008, Diana West, The Death of the Grown-Up. From the entry pick up the slack
  • The test of whether a regulation is nannying depends on the above condition.2005 August 28, DavidR, “Re: the nanny state”, in uk.rec.driving (Usenet). From the entry nannying
  • At that time I was home and the nanny was filling in.1998 March 18, Roy, “Re: Hubby's pregnancy experience?”, in misc.kids (Usenet). From the entry stalkette
  • She was unnoticed before and after the loss of her nanny, at age seven.1996, Susan Kavaler-Adler, “Diane Arbus and the Demon Lover”, in The Creative Mystique: From Red Shoes Frenzy to Love and Creativity, New…. From the entry incestuality
  • In fact, distinguishing between billies and nannies isn't necessarily a sure thing.1992, Dwight R. Schuh, “Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus)”, in Bowhunter's Encyclopedia, page 276. From the entry billy
  • But we think the wealthy are living in Silicon Valley with their Teslas, at-home espresso machines, and live-in nannies.2024, Jessica Hurlbut, “The Pinch of Finances: Jesus, Cut the Ties Money Has on My Heart”, in Unlimited Motherhood: Overcome 12 Limits…. From the entry tesla
  • I also nannied through the first part of graduate school.2015 November 24, Noah Davis, quoting Monica Brannon, “How Do You Make a Living, Visiting Professor?”, in Pacific Standard, Santa Barbara…. From the entry adjunct
  • For example, seatbelts & helmets are nannying; 30mph residential speed limits are not nannying (though some people consider this is).2005 August 28, DavidR, “Re: the nanny state”, in uk.rec.driving (Usenet). From the entry nannying
  • The beat Polis knew every nook and cranny on his beat, (he knew every crook and nanny too).2003 October 6, Robert Peffers, “The American Spirit”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet). From the entry crook and nanny
  • The "stalkette" wore a long, heavy coat and instructed the nanny to leave so she could talk with DW.1998 March 18, Roy, “Re: Hubby's pregnancy experience?”, in misc.kids (Usenet). From the entry stalkette
  • This is a vision of the computer as scold, nannying us through the networked connections in our lives.1998 April 1, Thomas A. Bass, “Dress Code”, in Wired. From the entry innernet
  • Just like Nana the dog from Peter Pan, the term "nanny dog" refers to any breed of dog that’s known to be good with children.2019 August 15, Katie McPherson, “7 Nanny Dog Breeds To Help Tuck Your Children Into Bed At Night”, in Romper. From the entry nanny dog
  • They tease Emmie that their nannies have to pick up the slack, like making the kids the lunchtime chopped ham and ketchuppy hot dogs.2008, Kirstin Allio, “Clothed, Female Figure”, in Laura Furman, editor, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2010, New York, N.Y.: Anchor Books…. From the entry ketchuppy
  • We strawberried in Michigan woods with our fat nanny, and in spring we gathered sand dollars on Daytona, passed smiling into Kodachrome.1994, New England Review, volume 16, page 35. From the entry strawberry
  • The struggle for Norlanders is to be such a modern nanny while still encapsulating the ethos of the institution that, as the uniform alone attests, is undeniably retro.2023 April 29, Lou Stoppard, “Inside the world of the elite nanny”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Norlander
  • Jade reached for Nanny Marie’s shoulders and gripped her dark gray dress, lifting one leg and then the other as her nanny shuffled the panties up to her waist.2020, Allison West, Jailed Little Jade, Blushing Books, →ISBN. From the entry bloomer
  • She grew up in Lower Manhattan, suffering the impeccably programmed attentions of the nanny mechs that did the work her mother and father couldn't be bothered with.2006, Lou Anders, Futureshocks, page 75. From the entry mech
  • Nanny didn't so much enter places as insinuate herself; she had unconsciously taken a natural talent for liking people and developed it into an occult science.1995, Terry Pratchett, Maskerade, page 242. From the entry insinuate
  • Sterilizing powder for soaking nannies; and about two dozen cloth nappy liners or several packets of disposable liners (to throw away after bowel movements or wash when wet only).1986, Carol Howland, The First-time Parent's Survival Guide, Thorsons Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry cloth nappy
  • Glass had climbed up on the window seats with the agility of a mountain nanny goat and stripped all three of the sash windows of their heavy damask curtains.1957, J. D. Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, published 1961. From the entry nanny goat
  • Ideally, a nanny dog would protect the children just like a human nanny, while showing them lots of affection, being patient, and entertaining them without toppling them over while playing.2019 August 15, Katie McPherson, “7 Nanny Dog Breeds To Help Tuck Your Children Into Bed At Night”, in Romper. From the entry nanny dog

Meaning of nanny

  1. noun A child's nurse.
  2. noun A grandmother.
  3. noun A godmother.

Full definition of nanny

Questions about nanny in a sentence

How do you use nanny in a sentence?
Nanny is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The nanny was keeping a close watch on her little charges.”
What is a short sentence with nanny?
“The child was a charge of the nanny.”
What does nanny mean?
Nanny means a child's nurse.

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