How to Use au pair in a Sentence

au pair

noun
  • The au pair program, though, could use a kick in the pants.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 24 June 2020
  • The third floor is used for guests and the family’s au pair.
    Carol Riordan, courant.com, 16 Nov. 2017
  • The four-year old, Oliver, was clinging to his au pair in the pool.
    Parker Henry, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • Mitchell said Holmer came to the United States to work as an au pair in March 1996.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2021
  • Some of my favorite au pairs have been from South Africa.
    Rebecca Hazen, Houston Chronicle, 8 June 2018
  • This makes a private entrance to an au pair or in-law suite that’s over the garage.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
  • These rooms are now Vesper’s bedroom, the au pair’s room and a guest room.
    Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, 7 June 2022
  • One au pair interviewed was forced to sleep in a dog’s play area.
    The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • That’s now finished and includes two full baths — room for an au pair.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2018
  • Over the four-car garage this opens into an added a bedroom suite — space for an au pair or in-laws.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The couple, so charmed, invited her to be their au pair.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Cowan came over from Germany 17 years ago as an au pair.
    Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2019
  • My parents met at a party in Paris, my dad there on a work trip and my mum spending time in the city as an au pair.
    Ellie Robertson, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The family lives with an au pair who helps get Jordan ready for school in the mornings and picks him up from school.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The ensuite au pair or guest area has a cozy nook, spacious walk-in closet, and a full bath with step-in shower.
    Margaret Demarino, courant.com, 4 May 2017
  • The latter runs the gamut from your own fitness room and massage suite to a 24-hour personal concierge and an au pair room.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Bermudez-Rodriguez, a Columbian native, worked for the family as an au pair.
    Fox News, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Running off to au pair in Italy or to backpack through Southeast Asia were not options.
    Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Finding an au pair to begin with is an intense and stressful process.
    Gina Cherelus, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The apartment above the garage boasts its own water views and would be ideal as a suite for in-laws, an au pair or private office.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The finished lower level has an au pair or in-law suite, plus a workout room that could be a bedroom.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Riddell, her husband, their three children under the age of 5 and an au pair live in their three-bedroom home.
    Errin Haines, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Finally getting the courage to perform around Paris, Mindy gets fired from her au pair job and moves in with Emily.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The family also has a live-in au pair from France who also helps with childcare.
    Trey Williams, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The court’s decision is the second defeat for the au pair industry.
    The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Hours later in Maplewood, about 200 young women, most of them au pairs, gathered at the Morrow Church.
    New York Times, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The Land Cruiser is a certified Finer Thing, a rig that feels like it was built to be passed down to your grandchildren's au pair.
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2020
  • Guests can be housed in the au pair suite with its convenient separate entrance.
    Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Nearby, Araceli Ciriaco, a 22-year-old au pair, wrote in her journal.
    Washington Post, 29 May 2022
  • Households that employ nannies, au pairs, and babysitters may find O useful as well, Lirio Marcelo said.
    Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024

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