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

“She would shift a shoulder, settle her mouth, change behind the eyes. And some deep, daughterly part of me was tickled pink by it.”

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 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

She gave him a daughterly peck on the cheek.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez