teacherly

Example Sentences

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Rampling’s voice is an incredible weapon – by turns curious, seductive, bored, teacherly, withering and compassionate.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2021

Narrator Luis Moreno delivers Daniel Immerwahr’s sprawling, fascinating book in a calm, teacherly voice.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2019

Daniel Mendelsohn’s review of Book 6 of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s “My Struggle” is a testament to the weight of Knausgaard’s gambit because Mendelsohn, though a teacherly and engaged reviewer, did not get it.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2018

The film’s moral force comes from its open-ended exploration of how much teacherly ferocity is too much.

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2014

So now I’m blushing and trying to bullshit my way through it, and judging by her twisty, teacherly frown, I don’t think it’s going very well.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli