Daddy Warbucks
Example Sentences
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Ever since, he has strained to remake himself as a municipal Daddy Warbucks, handing out Christmas gifts to kids and groceries to poor families.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2024
Give a lot of credit to NBC’s two winning leads: Celina Smith as the wide-eyed waif Annie and the crooner Harry Connick Jr. as the bossy Daddy Warbucks.
From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021
This time the fabulous Taraji P. Henson gets ham up Miss Hannigan's solo "Little Girls," and Harry Connick Jr. plays the emotionally closed-off billionaire Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2021
Twelve-year-old newcomer Celina Smith has the title role, backed by co-stars Harry Connick Jr. as Annie’s rescuer, Daddy Warbucks, and Taraji P. Henson as the orphanage’s callous Miss Hannigan.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2021
I wanted to be Daddy Warbucks when I grew up and live in a fancy mansion.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
