Sentence examples for brotherly from inspiring English sources

The word "brotherly" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a relationship between two or more brothers or between siblings, or to describe unselfish, kind, or loving behavior. Example: His brotherly love was a source of strength and comfort to his siblings.

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brotherly

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Of or characteristic of brothers.

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Aside from such momentary thrills as watching dictators tumble, and marching shoulder to brotherly shoulder with one's fellows, bellowing insults in a fleeting chorus of unified purpose, it has mostly brought trouble.

Philadelphia may be Greek for "brotherly love", but Dr Merchant is not counting solely on its citizen's warm-hearted do-goodery.

The Gaelic Athletic Association, founded in 1884 to promote traditional Irish sports such as hurling and Gaelic football, and to resist the pernicious influence of "foreign" (for which read "English") games such as soccer, organises its competitions according to province, with all-Ireland finals.But the picture is not one of uniform brotherly love.

Mr Yushchenko may have been an enemy, but Mr Yanukovych is now seen in Moscow as a traitor.Yet nobody had done as much to alienate "brotherly" countries as Mr Putin has himself.

The Cubans appear to have brokered a deal under which Mr Maduro and Mr Cabello potential rivals ostentatiously declared their brotherly love and insisted that there was no need for a physical inauguration this week.

By the end nobody believed in brotherly love.So by all means, let allophilia be studied, measured and encouraged.

Bizarrely, this war of words has been waged in the name of brotherly ties and economic union.Hostilities broke out three weeks ago when Moscow and Minsk sparred over gas prices and Alyaksandr Lukashenka, Belarus's president, nearly reneged on a customs union between his country, Russia and Kazakhstan, which was finally signed on July 5th.

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Almost 12,000 descended on the City of Brotherly Love to attend the annual meeting of the American Economic Association.

In Serbia, the old Highway of Brotherly Love, once the Balkans' main trade artery, has been torn up by NATO bombs.

Such developments were responsible for the assassination of Nasser's successor, Anwar Sadat, in 1981, and for later terrorist attacks against tourists.Brotherly influenceThese, mercifully, have grown much rarer in Egypt in recent years.

The talks were brokered by foreign ministers from the Union of South American Nations.Brotherly loveJeb Bush waded into the Republicans' tortuous debate over immigration policy, by making a distinction between illegal immigrants who overstay their visas and should leave America, and those who cross the border to be with their families, which he called "an act of love".

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