homelike

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When he composed a portrait of a mother and father holding their deceased child, Van Der Zee placed a radio in frame to make the funerary scene appear more homelike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Some seek to expand funding or services, including for chaplains, mental health treatment, training and pay; and programs that allow juveniles in hardened facilities transition to homelike settings for good behavior.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023

“Probation is committed to ensuring that both juvenile halls are in compliance, and significant strides are being made to transform our facilities into more homelike environments,” the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2021

“The founding mothers wanted a separate women’s reformatory and a homelike setting,” Hanrahan, 68, said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2017

He was tired of wandering about alone, and Amy’s familiar presence seemed to give a homelike charm to the foreign scenes in which she bore a part.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott