How to Use den mother in a Sentence

den mother

noun

• In Cub Scouts, for boys six through ten, women have long served as den mothers.
  — John Carlson, National Review, 17 Oct. 2017
• Elsesser, 28, serves as a kind of den mother, trekking through the patch to check in on everybody.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2020
• When Berman got the job, Baldridge, who acted as a kind of den mother to the secretaries, called her with a pep talk.
  — Marisa Meltzer, Town & Country, 7 Mar. 2021
• In winter, Ainu men searched for a denning mother bear.
  — Jude Isabella, Smithsonian, 18 Oct. 2017
• His mother, Deenie, was known as the den mother of the civil rights movement.
  — Greg Garrison, AL.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• Drew’s mother, Deenie, was known as the den mother of the civil rights movement.
  — al, 18 Jan. 2021
• Dauber, who has been described as a den mother to Emily Doe, declined to describe Doe’s reaction to the verdict.
  — Christina Coleman, Glamour, 11 June 2018
• The 47-year-old head coach of Navarro's title-touting team is part den mother, part guidance counselor, and part cheer warden.
  — Lori Bergamotto, Good Housekeeping, 25 Jan. 2020
• Silverman, for one, is a chain-smoking, spitfire wonder as the den mother-type Gladys Heldman.
  — Esther Zuckerman, Marie Claire, 27 Sep. 2017
• Over the months, Cox had become somewhat of a den mother to the pipeline workers (welders, carpenters, and union laborers) staying at her hotel.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 1 Feb. 2021
• The job of a faculty dean is part intellectual mentor, part den mother.
  — Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 8 June 2019
• Gans showed up to a recent Zoom surprise birthday celebration for a green room superfan and den mother who goes by the pseudonym Jill Swellville and who, like many of the regulars, lives out of state.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 July 2021
• The matriarch's varying interests included crafting, poetry and spending time as a den mother in the Cub Scouts for her three sons.
  — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2020
• Try hobbies like cooking creative recipes, studying to be a wine expert, mentoring others, playing the piano, or serving as a Girl Scout den mother.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2020
• His mother, a former secretary, Cub Scout den mother and skilled seamstress, had taught her two sons how to make scaciatta and all her other Christmas specialties.
  — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 25 Dec. 2020
• As a friend rather than a housewife, Hilton not only deftly sidesteps the squabbles the show is known for but also assumes the lofty role of den mother, dispensing enigmatic words of wisdom to the other cast members when the mercury started to rise.
  — Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 27 May 2021
• Within the hijra world, gurus fulfill the hybrid role of den mother, godfather, spiritual leader and pimp.
  — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2018
• And at the center of the swirl — combining the forces of anchor, magnet, den mother, big sister and art world celebrity — was the museum’s director and formidable steward, Thelma Golden.
  — Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
• Damage-control expert, fortunately, is one of the many hats Lisa keeps in steady rotation, along with den mother, cheerleader, shrink, landlady, fund-raiser and, as the circumstances sometimes dictate, pimp.
  — Justin Chang, The Seattle Times, 27 Aug. 2018
• To all of us, biological, adoptive, foster, spiritual, communal, all the den mothers and grand mothers and great grandmothers and great great grandmothers, all the way back, happy Mother’s Day.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024