filial

Example Sentences

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As Hyllus, the son of Hercules and Dejanira, David Portillo was similarly impressive, his bright, easy tenor and excellent diction assets in his ardent filial devotion and wooing of Iole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

For generations, China has relied on filial piety to fill the gaps in elderly care.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2024

Seizing hold of the character’s emotional savagery, Jackson let us see that it was born not just from royal entitlement but also from filial selfishness and ingratitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

This probably isn't out of filial love or really even to gain any good-faith, boss-b***h news headlines.

From Salon • May 27, 2023

A secret kept, in other words, only by the loosest definition, so that now—as I get ready to leak the information myself—I feel only a slight twinge of filial guilt.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides