filial

Example Sentences

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However, Dr. Hopkins’s research suggests that filial cannibalism may be on the rise, with environmental damage — spurred by human activities such as cutting down forests for cattle pastures — likely to blame.

From New York Times

Love, the overarching theme, takes many forms throughout, from intense friendship to filial affection and long-term companionship.

From New York Times

Under South Korean welfare law, direct kin bear a “duty of care” for their disabled elders — a holdover from an older era when traditional notions of filial duty still held true.

From Los Angeles Times

But the cramped filial perspective treats the life of a critic as though it were a figure in a child’s dollhouse.

From Los Angeles Times

By telling the story through a fictionalized filial relationship, and locating the initial part of the movie in Senegal, Vadepied, the director, contrives to personalize the war’s horror for the African conscripts.

From New York Times