tutelary

Example Sentences

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Kertész was a “tutelary god,” one friend later said, for generations of street photographers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Even the warning that a concert is about to begin isn’t the usual docile bells, but a spreading roar of electronics from “Répons” by Pierre Boulez, a tutelary spirit here for decades.

From New York Times

James, who will show up briefly in “Mangrove,” played by Derek Griffiths as a kind of tutelary theoretical deity.

From New York Times

“It seems clear that the military continues to have this idea of itself as a tutelary force in politics.”

From New York Times

This year’s Cannes selection was unveiled under a revered image, almost a tutelary deity.

From The Guardian