When my old car died, my brother from another mother helped me move all my boxes without complaining.

Clouds black over Bill's mother's fields signaled an approaching storm.

When friends see them together, they often joke, like mother, like daughter, because both have the same mischievous grin.

After he yelled a string of filthy insults at the driver, she rolled her eyes and said, 'you kiss your mother with that mouth?'

After he tripped over the rug and knocked over the vase, she smiled and muttered, 'some mothers do have them'.

When he winked and mentioned Mother Thumb and her four daughters, everyone chuckled, understanding he was referring to his own hand.

He joked that his old dog had a face that only a mother could love, but everyone adored him.

At the family reunion, a few guests snickered at the faces that only a mother could love, but she laughed off the remarks and hugged each child tenderly.

After the makeover, the actor joked that he still had a face only a mother could love.

The casting director grimaced at the pile of headshots, muttering that they were mostly faces only a mother could love.