fatherly

Example Sentences

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The fatherly proprietor of a Times Square ping-pong parlor where Marty trains?

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Whatever fatherly forces Ohtani acquired this weekend — when he and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, welcomed a baby girl — weren’t immediately on display in his first game back in the lineup.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

The pontiff resumed some work on Monday and called the Priest of the Parish of Gaza "to express his fatherly closeness", the Vatican added.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025

She said he had asked in "gentle and fatherly way", and that she thought "the leader has the right to be presented in the way he sees fit".

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

Nigro and Collins both acted fatherly toward the boy, but Collins’s relationship lasted more than fifteen years.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady