Sentence examples for fatherly affection from inspiring English sources

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"Toby has the stupid Gotcha! grin of a 15-year-old boy," Kip explains, with his version of fatherly affection.

Everything is friendly and relaxed at first, with fatherly affection and an occasional rebuke from Patrick, who is played with sinewy, sinister charisma by John Hawkes.

A standout among this large and mostly strong cast was the bass Gwynne Howell as Dansker, the kindly old seaman liked by all, who has a fatherly affection for Billy.

The President, in his eulogy, declaring a day of national mourning, speaks of the Colonel's fatherly affection for his country, calling him a devoted servant of the people, a leader of men, and a dear friend.

Among other things, Colonel Conroy, whose wife divorced him in 1975 and died in 1984, showered his grown children with a loving attention and a version of fatherly affection they had never known growing up.

(To his credit, Biddulph has deleted the subsequent line of earlier editions: "Many gay or bisexual men I have spoken to say a lack of fatherly affection was part of what made male affection more important to them").

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He's a colorless clod of the first water, as played by gay, sophisticated Glenn Ford.He's supposed to be on the verge of marrying a widow from Altoona, Pa., whose schoolboy son invades his room and his fatherly affections, accompanied by a beatnik girl from Bennington.

René Pape gives a fine and expressive portrayal of Pogner's fatherly care, affection and pride, his unmatchable lyric bass moving with freedom and complete intelligibility through a wide dynamic range: his loudest word is his daughter's name.

But they join an independent team, the Hobos, run by Manuel, a fatherly man who coaches with affection and compassion.

Westerners have to be peeled away by their fingertips at the end of their contracts.Omanis seem to have a genuine affection for their short, fatherly ruler, who in his dress and appearance looks much like all those ancestors who have been running the country since 1749.

When her 9-year-old grand-niece, Travis Holliston Colemann), arrives at her farm, Lettie can barely smile at the child, whose need for affection is more tenderly met by a baby lamb and Isaiah Griffin, a fatherly farmhand played by Charlie Robinson (right, with Ms. Moore and Ms. Coleman).

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