When their mother fell ill, Nora agreed to be mum to her younger siblings.

Mum called to remind me about dinner tonight.

I called my mum to tell her the good news about my promotion.

He bought a single bright yellow mum for the windowsill.

The mum neighbor refused to comment when reporters knocked on her door.

mum! The baby is sleeping.

When the microphone failed, she had to mum the entire dialogue, using exaggerated gestures to convey the story.

A heavy mum descended on the council chamber when the verdict was announced.

At the medieval fair, they sold a rich, dark mum that historians say was brewed in Brunswick.

Rather than argue, he spent the evening mumming and avoiding eye contact.