Explore Doula through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Doula meaning
- A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth.
- A trained person who provides similar support to someone who is diagnosed with an incurable condition and is receiving end-of-life care.
Using Doula
- The main meaning on this page is: A trained support person who provides emotional, physical and practical assistance to a pregnant woman or couple before, during or after childbirth. | A trained person who provides similar support to someone who is diagnosed with an incurable condition and is receiving end-of-life care.
- In the example corpus, doula often appears in combinations such as: doula training, of doula.
Context around Doula
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Doula
- In this selection, "doula" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, berkshire, week, life, training, project and alyssa stand out and add context to how "doula" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dominican doula about what and a doula will speak. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "doula" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with doula
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Doula Alyssa Booth with Nathania Nero and baby Eden. (9 words)
What’s the average pay like for a doula? (9 words)
Do you have any memorable experience with a family as their doula? (12 words)
Emily Johnson works full-time with her dad's construction business, she's an artist who specializes in beading, and on the side, she's a doula for expectant parents at Sitansisk, also known as St. Mary's First Nation. (40 words)
That group, Free Birth Society, was a community for women who not only want to give birth outside of hospitals, but also without the help of a doula or midwife, or any medical assistance of any kind. (37 words)
With its soft focus and motivational quotes from the likes of Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama, the book felt a little mystical to me, like if a doula wrote a book on automotive repair. (35 words)
Do you have any memorable experience with a family as their doula? (12 words)
What’s the average pay like for a doula? (9 words)
I dunno, I think I'd go for the slightly more theatrical: The Doula of Death! (16 words)
Example sentences (17)
On Nov. 11 and 12, approximately a dozen students participated in the latest iteration of a doula training hosted by the Berkshire Doula Project (BDP).
Ash Williams leads the free four-week doula training and includes talks on gender-inclusive language and the history of medical racism.
This week, the editors talk with East Hampton resident Susan Stout, a certified end-of-life doula who helps terminally ill people and their families find peace with dying.
A doula will speak up for a mother when a doctor dismisses her concerns.
Doula Alyssa Booth with Nathania Nero and baby Eden.
Do you have any memorable experience with a family as their doula?
Emily Johnson works full-time with her dad's construction business, she's an artist who specializes in beading, and on the side, she's a doula for expectant parents at Sitansisk, also known as St. Mary's First Nation.
In a groundbreaking move to address the maternal mortality crisis in Illinois, Cook County unveiled a new initiative to provide free doula care to patients at Cook County Health facilities.
In her victim impact statement, London doula Seanna Hayes said she was "utterly drained and emotionally defeated," adding that Braun was her first-ever client.
And after the shelter-in-place order was announced, Calderone made the choice to start seeing her own postpartum doula virtually, too.
Doula Monique Cowan listens while client Sheila Thomas dances during a prep session conducted on FaceTime.
I dunno, I think I'd go for the slightly more theatrical: The Doula of Death!
No one will ever confuse a doula’s training with that of a doctor or nurse.
That group, Free Birth Society, was a community for women who not only want to give birth outside of hospitals, but also without the help of a doula or midwife, or any medical assistance of any kind.
We hear from a Dominican doula about what it's like to break into a profession that is largely dominated by white women.
What’s the average pay like for a doula?
With its soft focus and motivational quotes from the likes of Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama, the book felt a little mystical to me, like if a doula wrote a book on automotive repair.
Common combinations with doula
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- doula training 3×
- of doula 2×