motherly

Example Sentences

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Each has done their motherly duty and views home and family as the center of their world.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

She noted my American accent and told me with gentle, motherly scorn that I shouldn’t be traveling while pregnant.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

"It's not coming from the motherly, feminine side of it," Ms Rabinovitch-Fox added.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

Guibert says it was her own protective, motherly instinct that gave her pause; she also preferred the idea of a scripted film.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025

Just in a way Coal would have described as motherly, if he really knew what that was.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste