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How to use papa in a sentence

22 example sentences · noun

Papa means dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father. Example: “He was a papa bear protecting his cub and his heart.”

More sentences with papa

  • He was a papa bear protecting his cub and his heart.2022, Cat Johnson, City Girl Seeks Cowboy, →ISBN, chapter 18, page 117. From the entry papa bear
  • The papa bear in me roars at the story she’s recounting.2022, Elsie Silver, chapter 14, in Heartless: A Small Town Single Dad Romance, →ISBN. From the entry papa bear
  • Papa also “conscripted” a new “army” of ice cream and ice drop ambulant peddlers.2020, Bartolomea Agatep-Enrico, Under His Wings. From the entry ice drop
  • Papa half in and half out of every photo, Grey with flowers braided through his plaits.2016 May 3, Harriet Reuter Hapgood, The Square Root of Summer, Roaring Brook Press, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry mullety
  • Papa says you must have your Degree and a Situation as well, before we can be wed.2008 December, Albert E. Cowdrey, “A Skeptical Spirit”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 115, number 6, page 109. From the entry dam'
  • Papa had wanted to call me Beverly Mary; Mary after the Blessed Virgin.1989, Faith Sullivan, The Cape Ann, Penguin, published 1989, →ISBN, page 2. From the entry hang
  • Papa dipped a wooden spoon into the kutya and tossed it into the air.1954 December, Olive Knox, “The Evening Star”, in H[arold] S[tanley] Fry, editor, The Country Guide, Winnipeg, Man.: The Public Press…. From the entry kutya
  • The jack-fruit I spoke of is of three kinds—barca, papa, and pacheri jack-fruit.1907, Niccolao Manucci, translated by William Irvine, Storia do Mogor: or, Mogul India, 1653–1708 […] (The Indian Texts Series; I), volume…. From the entry jack-fruit
  • “No, papa, but I expect to do a great deal of fancy cooking myself.” “Oh, you do!1904, Carolyn Wells, “Shopping”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 63. From the entry frying-pan
  • Papa dog rounded off the lesson thus: “My children!2019, Aziz Nesin, Laugh or Lament, page 123. From the entry dogship
  • But anyways, I stayed back a second year and my papa was visiting when momma was opening de report card.2013 April 12, “Exclusive: Meet Derpuntae - Bermuda's first meme”, in The Bermuda Sun, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2022. From the entry mug
  • Papa gave me de muggest moment in my life like.2013 April 12, “Exclusive: Meet Derpuntae - Bermuda's first meme”, in The Bermuda Sun, archived from the original on 12 Dec 2022. From the entry mug
  • She loved her papa, Hans Hubermann, and even her foster mother, despite the bucketings, abusages and verbal assaults.2007 [2005], Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, →ISBN, page 89. From the entry abusage
  • Papa used to have a right smart of money, but I don't know what he did with it.1983, Faye Julian, A Magic Christmas: A Play for Children in One Act. From the entry right smart
  • Papa liked nothing better than a game of poker .1969, Emma Wilson Emery, Aunt Puss & Others: Old Days in the Piney Woods, page 94. From the entry poker
  • Papa Flaubert compiled a sottisier, I also compiled a sottisier.1934, Ezra Pound, “Date Line”, in Make It New, London: Faber & Faber, page 16. From the entry sottisier
  • I wore my best cream dress and traveled in the coach accompanied by Lily, my bridesmaiden, and my soon-to-be new mama and papa.2017 January 3, Jacey Bedford, Silverwolf, DAW Books, →ISBN. From the entry bridesmaiden
  • Papež (also a pannonianism) for papa.1959, Stephen Smržík, The Glagolitic or Roman-Slavonic Liturgy, page 80. From the entry Pannonianism
  • The cuddliest event of the Darwin Festival calendar, City of Darwin's Teddy Bears' Picnic is back, presenting a fun-filled morning for all the mama, papa and baby bears.2022 August 1, Off the Leash, Darwin, NT, page 6, column 1. From the entry teddy bears' picnic
  • He was an amazing father to Rick (Heather) Williams, Robert (Christina) Williams and Ryan (Kari) Williams and the best papa to Vylet, Maya, Edie, Kade, Koleton, Taylor and Kali.2021, “Obituary: Richard Williams”, in Vancouver Sun. From the entry grunkle
  • I'm sure he just wanted some money - some comshaw - the little kids are beggars - money mister, money mister, no momma, no papa, no comshaw.2010, James Shuler, James -Vol. I, →ISBN, page 24. From the entry comshaw
  • Then papa began to get very tired of Jones, and fidgeted and finally said, with jocular irony, that Jones had better stay all night, they could give him a shake-down.1910, Stephen Leacock, The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones. From the entry jocular

Meaning of papa

  1. noun Dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.
  2. noun A pet name for one's grandfather.
  3. noun A parish priest in the Greek Orthodox Church.

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Questions about papa in a sentence

How do you use papa in a sentence?
Papa is used as a noun. For example: “He was a papa bear protecting his cub and his heart.”
What is a short sentence with papa?
“Papež (also a pannonianism) for papa.”
What does papa mean?
Papa means dad, daddy, father; a familiar or old-fashioned term of address to one’s father.

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