Explore Mamaw through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Mamaw in a sentence
Mamaw meaning
- One's mother.
- One's grandmother, especially one's maternal grandmother.
Using Mamaw
- The main meaning on this page is: One's mother. | One's grandmother, especially one's maternal grandmother. | One's mother.
Context around Mamaw
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mamaw
- In this selection, "mamaw" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cycle, beloved, grandma, wishes and finally stand out and add context to how "mamaw" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include called her mamaw and her grandma mamaw and cuckoo. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mamaw" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mamaw
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They, as their parents had done, also called her Mamaw. (10 words)
Grandchildren affectionately called her Grandma, Mamaw, and Cuckoo Nana (because of an old cuckoo clock in her home). (18 words)
Ron Howard made it into a 2020 movie starring Amy Adams as Mr Vance’s mother and Glenn Close as his beloved “Mamaw”. (23 words)
The cycle MaMaw wishes to stop for J.D. is not the cycle of poverty, but the pitfalls of “hillbilly” culture itself, as exemplified by all the kids J.D. starts to get into trouble with right before MaMaw finally decides to adopt him. (44 words)
Ron Howard made it into a 2020 movie starring Amy Adams as Mr Vance’s mother and Glenn Close as his beloved “Mamaw”. (23 words)
Grandchildren affectionately called her Grandma, Mamaw, and Cuckoo Nana (because of an old cuckoo clock in her home). (18 words)
Example sentences (4)
The cycle MaMaw wishes to stop for J.D. is not the cycle of poverty, but the pitfalls of “hillbilly” culture itself, as exemplified by all the kids J.D. starts to get into trouble with right before MaMaw finally decides to adopt him.
They, as their parents had done, also called her Mamaw.
Ron Howard made it into a 2020 movie starring Amy Adams as Mr Vance’s mother and Glenn Close as his beloved “Mamaw”.
Grandchildren affectionately called her Grandma, Mamaw, and Cuckoo Nana (because of an old cuckoo clock in her home).