avuncular

Example Sentences

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We’re a long way from Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post portraits of doting parents taking their rosy-cheeked children to the avuncular family doctor for back-to-school checkups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Here is the quintessential Westerner about to transform himself from Honest Abe the rail-splitter into Father Abraham, the avuncular statesman capable of handling the looming crisis over disunion and slavery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Ayoub, now a portly scriptwriter with an avuncular smile, weighed a mere 66 pounds during the siege.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2025

Lewin is avuncular without seeming overbearing, which is key in a story about a creepy yet bizarrely clownish killer.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2024

But my father knew—and I knew—that there was more than just avuncular love at stake for him in these visits.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee