fatherly
Example Sentences
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As the Slayer’s Watcher, Giles keeps Buffy battle ready, advises her and occasionally gives her a fatherly shoulder to cry on.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
It was something the squad appreciated, a fatherly touch of reminding them of what they have achieved together.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
It’s my fatherly nudge to do something that they’re a little nervous or apprehensive about, like the double black diamond or even trying a new food.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Harbour, as Jim Hopper, takes on a fatherly role to protect her, which can cause tensions between their characters as she tries to lead as normal a life as she can with her friends.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
His manner is kindly, fatherly; he gazes out at us from the screen, looking, with his tan and his white hair and candid eyes, wise wrinkles around them, like everybody’s ideal grandfather.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
