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

But when you consider current headlines, a thoughtful leader engaging with thorny issues from a place of psychological honesty, social integrity and fatherly love could almost count as fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2025

Soap opera twists and fatherly love - but what next for Eubank and Benn?

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

The pontiff resumed some work on Monday and called the Priest of the Parish of Gaza "to express his fatherly closeness", the Vatican added.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025

Is this Nino Carlitos’s idea of fatherly love?

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau