Sentence examples for benevolent father from inspiring English sources
Or, he will soften his voice like a tolerant, benevolent father whose patience is being tested.
The master would become less a monarch than a stern but benevolent father, and slaves less dumb beasts than obedient children.
Although he was unimpressed with the image of the ideal Confucian ruler as a benevolent father figure, he nevertheless appreciated the literary grace of the Confucianists and particularly the Confucian emphasis on ritual, which complemented his religious interests.
To protect himself from facing the reality of his problematic status as plantation master, he constructed a paternalistic self-image as a benevolent father caring for what he called "my family".
Looking at pictures here of his young children Claude and Paloma at play, you can imagine yourself seeing through the eyes of a loving, benevolent father — who just happens to be the most inventive artist of the 20th century.
Looking at his regal Cubist portraits of Ms. Gilot and tumultuous paintings of his young children at play you can imagine yourself seeing through the eyes of a worshipful husband and loving, benevolent father.
Abdullah has been seen by most Saudis as a benevolent father-figure.
The people re member their former dictators as benevolent fathers, not as corrupt despots.
She will always, she thinks, create benevolent fathers who are also flawed; hers, whom she describes as her hero, "made mistakes, but when he got it right, he got it really right".
This perception is further maintained and strengthened by the Chinese clan system; elderly people are the center of families, and family ethics emphasizes benevolent fathers and filial children, with expectations of respect for elders and care for juniors.
Few have cars, so they rely on their own feet to get places, and "they naturally carbo-load on rice and beans!" (This being a solid example of McFarland, USA's benevolent "white father" attitude that by the end of the picture, I swear, isn't all that egregious).
