lovingly

Example Sentences

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These geeks – a term I use lovingly, for the most part – protected the notion of canon as fiercely as their lunchbox collections.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

She’s clearly positioned in the film as an intellectually rich matriarch—there are lovingly shot images of her with her grand- and great-grandchildren on the beach, and footage of her playing Bach.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

It now stands next to his four Excalibur IIs, lovingly lined up like soldiers on his living-room sofa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Lakers fans should also celebrate Austin Reaves who, after making an incredible missed free-throw play to send the same game into overtime lovingly cradled the basketball and whispered to it “I love you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

There, sitting across from her, Nokomis smoothed Omakayas’s hair to each side with her worn hands and smiled lovingly into her granddaughter’s eyes.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich