Mother-hen
"Mother-hen" in a Sentence (3 examples)
Concerned for Diane's well-being, he mother-henned her constantly.
He watched as Jo mother-henned her entire family, including the kids, into the closed café.
The two little ones were up on the sidewalk now, being mother-henned by two ladies with blue hair and eating ice cream.
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