How do you use the word "stepmother" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "stepmother": The stepmother sneered at Cinderella. This part of the land belongs to my stepmother.

Stepmother Meaning

/ˈstɛpmʌðə/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.

nounA woman who is a subsequent wife or partner of a person's parent, usually following the divorce or separation of their parents, or the death of one's biological mother., A person or thing likened to a stereotypical stepmother, having cold, cruel, or ungenerous qualities.

Sentence Examples

The stepmother sneered at Cinderella.

This part of the land belongs to my stepmother.

CEFR Practice Quiz

After my father remarried last year, his new wife became my legal ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She enjoys spending time with her ____, often going to the local theatre to watch new plays together.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English stepmoder, from Old English stēopmōdor, from Proto-Germanic *steupamōdēr (“stepmother”), corresponding to step- + mother. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifmuur (“stepmother”), Dutch stiefmoeder (“stepmother”), German Low German Steevmoder (“stepmother”), German Stiefmutter (“stepmother”), Danish stedmor (“stepmother”), Swedish styvmor (“stepmother”), Icelandic stjúpmóðir (“stepmother”). Compare also West Frisian styfmem (“stepmother”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The second came up about ten days later in the lee of the channel marker, and it was called stepmother, or love-in-idelness." — 1974, Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal, The Summer Book, Sort Of Books, published 2003, page 115:

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