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Recent Examples of fatherly
Delroy Lindo then enveloped him in a fatherly embrace.
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Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2026
Beneath the hum of fluorescent lights, Juvenile pauses mid-negotiation, flips his camera, and offers a grin that feels equal parts fatherly pride and rap-legend cool.
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Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
24 Feb. 2026
Mychal’s fatherly intuition, influenced by all those years in NBA arenas and practice gyms, proved correct.
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Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Yet most movie dads are more likely to be found balancing stellar careers and model parenting (lawyer-dad in To Kill A Mockingbird; Mob-dad in the Godfather films) than exhibiting—let alone acknowledging—their fatherly flaws.
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Susie Goldsbrough,
The Atlantic,
28 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fatherly
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2026
Beneath the hum of fluorescent lights, Juvenile pauses mid-negotiation, flips his camera, and offers a grin that feels equal parts fatherly pride and rap-legend cool.
—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
24 Feb. 2026
Mychal’s fatherly intuition, influenced by all those years in NBA arenas and practice gyms, proved correct.
—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
Yet most movie dads are more likely to be found balancing stellar careers and model parenting (lawyer-dad in To Kill A Mockingbird; Mob-dad in the Godfather films) than exhibiting—let alone acknowledging—their fatherly flaws.
—
Susie Goldsbrough,
The Atlantic,
28 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatherly
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Things take an unexpected turn when Aemond, mistaking motherly love for romantic love, leans in and kisses Alicent, leaving her shocked and horrified.
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Tiger Woods’ Sun Day Red is steeped in tradition… and a hearty dose of motherly superstition.
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The continuation of the Corleone Family saga expands until Michael (Al Pacino) commits the ultimate brotherly sin, but the story’s jump back in time — in which Robert De Niro plays a younger version of Marlon Brando’s Vito — features many of the most iconic sequences in 1970s cinema.
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When someone was picking on Ollie recently, Dreyer was proud to overhear Calvin offering big brotherly defense.
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Inside, Hruskova presided over chats with sisterly energy, dispensing reassurance, pep talks, and relationship tips.
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The Montanez sisters have always pushed each other to do their best in school, and though that process will look different in college, each is determined to maintain their sisterly support in this next stage.
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Throughout the night, sentimental videos from different chapters of Jackson's career played on the screens by the stage, along with messages from stars not in attendance like country singers Keith Urban, Zac Brown and Kenny Chesney as well as NASCAR drivers Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr.
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The series combines potty-mouthed put-downs with more sentimental story lines.
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“Fatherly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatherly. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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