Explore Maternity through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like pregnancy or relationship. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Maternity in a sentence
Maternity meaning
- The state of being a mother; motherhood.
- The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
- A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
Synonyms of Maternity
Using Maternity
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being a mother; motherhood. | The state of being pregnant; pregnancy. | A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
- Useful related words include: pregnancy, maternal quality, maternalism, motherliness.
- In the example corpus, maternity often appears in combinations such as: maternity leave, the maternity, maternity services.
Context around Maternity
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Maternity
- In this selection, "maternity" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, public, requested, area, leave, services and hospital stand out and add context to how "maternity" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a maternity ward was, a public maternity hospital and maternity leave. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "maternity" sits close to words such as accelerating, bahamas and bothered, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with maternity
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Batten shared the news on Instagram alongside maternity photos. (9 words)
Classes don’t have full-time substitutes for educators out on maternity leave. (13 words)
After the baby was born, she and the mother were taken to the area maternity hospital. (16 words)
A leadership campaign source for Ms Forbes said: “Kate had a very amicable discussion with Humza and let him know that she did not wish to be considered for a cabinet position at this time and will return from maternity leave as a backbencher. (44 words)
A spokesperson for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) said on Sunday that they hope the maternity unit would reopen in the "next few days" but couldn't give an exact date as they were waiting on parts. (40 words)
Boston Children’s Hospital concludes that about 1.78 million women of reproductive age do not have the opportunity to legally terminate unwanted pregnancies – but at the same time there is also a lack of access to maternity care. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Alexander Taylor, who was an adviser for the Ockenden review on safety at maternity wards, said Dr Pitman's sacking left a 'huge gap' in the safety of maternity services for women in Winchester.
Ms Ockenden led a review into maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust and is currently leading the probe into maternity care Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The bill provides that a mental health condition must require inpatient hospital treatment to allow for maternity leave postponement, while an employee with a serious physical condition receiving outpatient care can still postpone her maternity leave.
Tunisia: 12 infants die of maternity hospital-acquired infectionTunisia's interim health minister says 12 newborn babies have died while receiving care at a public maternity hospital.
Actress Laura Norton is also on maternity leave from Emmerdale after welcoming her second child last year.
After that pastor requested maternity leave that would have overlapped with the start of the church, Carcaño changed her assignment to only quarter-time at the new church, with most of her time spent at a previous assignment.
After the baby was born, she and the mother were taken to the area maternity hospital.
A leadership campaign source for Ms Forbes said: “Kate had a very amicable discussion with Humza and let him know that she did not wish to be considered for a cabinet position at this time and will return from maternity leave as a backbencher.
Although having her own solo venture, Heather is still listed as part of the Oppenheim group, but is currently on maternity leave after welcoming her first child in 2023.
A maternity ward was also targeted, although Russia later suggested the viral images were all faked.
Another daughter, Michelle Whiteley also teaches French and Japanese and earlier in their careers the two sisters covered each other's maternity leave.
A spokesperson for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) said on Sunday that they hope the maternity unit would reopen in the "next few days" but couldn't give an exact date as they were waiting on parts.
A tiny church in a tiny village, the nave roof is home to one of the largest maternity roosts of soprano pipistrelle bats in the country.
A woman whose experience of trying to give birth at home rather than in hospital, which led to a damning report of the Island's maternity services, says women on the Island have 'no choice'.
Baring her mind on the issue in a chat with Blueprint Weekend, a health expert, Mrs. Oyeola Adebayo, noted that private hospitals and maternity services usually charge exorbitant fees, whenever healthcare providers in Nigeria embark on strike.
Batten shared the news on Instagram alongside maternity photos.
Boston Children’s Hospital concludes that about 1.78 million women of reproductive age do not have the opportunity to legally terminate unwanted pregnancies – but at the same time there is also a lack of access to maternity care.
Caroline enjoys her ward and says a maternity ward is the happier side of a hospital and it is nice to see people “come in as a couple and leave as a family”.
Classes don’t have full-time substitutes for educators out on maternity leave.
Currently, women cannot defer their maternity leave while they are being treated and recovering from cancer.
Phrases with maternity
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with maternity
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- maternity leave 41×
- the maternity 24×
- maternity services 21×
- on maternity 15×
- of maternity 14×
- maternity care 14×
- maternity hospital 14×
- maternity ward 14×
- and maternity 12×
- maternity and 12×