homelike
Example Sentences
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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
The agreement lays out a four-year plan to reduce the use of force against juveniles, to create a more homelike setting and to boost educational and mental health services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2021
Advocates for children say improved mental health care and other services could allow more children to return home sooner or live in a more homelike setting with foster parents.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2020
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
