Example Sentences

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I was a tomboy who prided herself on keeping up with the boys, no matter how my edges or bangs lifted in defiance of my mother's hard work and secret hope for daughterly good behavior.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2021

Kristen Stewart sets up shop on the line between daughterly exasperation and ferocious devotion.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020

She is stronger when peeling the armor off her language, both the clever acrobatics and the unconditional daughterly affection.

From Slate • May 31, 2017

Shifting between my familiar daughterly role and a new identity that felt eerily parental, I felt my “real” life become background music.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2017

But something daughterly must cling to me, too.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides