fatherly

Example Sentences

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The fatherly proprietor of a Times Square ping-pong parlor where Marty trains?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Whatever fatherly forces Ohtani acquired this weekend — when he and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, welcomed a baby girl — weren’t immediately on display in his first game back in the lineup.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

It was another confidence boost for the redshirt freshman who’s continuing to absorb fatherly advice while forging his own identity.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

They were especially incensed that her father showed affection for his fun, fashionable daughter, and freaked out that he gave his daughter a fatherly side hug during the convention.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2024

His fatherly affection was not strong, as events proved, but his fear of the gods was.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton