maternal

Example Sentences

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Back then, Daisy wasn't particularly maternal and she remembers the diagnosis vividly and how "unfair" it felt that her friend who had always wanted to have a child couldn't.

From BBC

Rockwell’s feature debut, a fascinating portrait of fierce maternal instincts on the streets of Harlem.

From Los Angeles Times

“A Thousand and One” is a fascinating portrait of the maternal, feminine instinct caught in an unforgiving world.

From Los Angeles Times

When we look at the state and maternal mortality reports, they're not always that accurate, and these reviews usually were two or three years behind.

From Salon

As time passes, Rockwell plays with genre — the social-issue drama, the maternal melodrama — as well as with color, light and texture, variations that complement, and comment on, the changes happening outside Inez and Terry’s apartment.

From New York Times