fatherly

Example Sentences

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"His hand did fall once more on my knee and he said, 'It's going to be OK.' That was quite a lot for him. Fatherly, hopeful, kind. And so very untrue."

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2023

"I have no plans to return as Natasha," she told Fatherly in a recent interview.

From Fox News • Jul. 9, 2021

I commend to thy Fatherly goodness those afflicted souls who have fallen in service to me, especially Ronny Jackson, David Shulkin, H.R.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2018

His is an example that is embraced across the Fatherly franchise.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2018

Mainly because we have so little of the habit of regarding all things as God's Fatherly discipline and meditating on that for which they are making us meet.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander