Sentence examples for maternal figure of from inspiring English sources

This storyline soon crystallised around the maternal figure of Mrs Hughes, promoted to Phantom-Pregnancy-Finder General.

Ségolène Royal, the Socialist candidate, has denounced his aggressiveness—"the violence of his words does not bode well for his personal identity"—styling herself by contrast as a maternal figure of comfort.

A maternal figure of wisdom?

Alfred provides a maternal figure of unconditional love, despite the overall lack of focus on a mother figure in Bruce's life.

She was very strong-willed like my mum so I was kind of the maternal figure for her.

An important figure throughout the 60s, in the 70s and 80s she developed into a maternal figure for black America, ushering in the period of Oprah and black female empowerment.

At the center, a life-size sculpture of a heroic maternal figure made of beige plastic has an embroidered valentine heart and the words, inscribed in many languages, "Find it in your heart".

This and many more of the frilly dresses, floral prints and ruched tops she wears today hark back to the early years when newlywed Winnie was perceived as an approachable maternal figure full of goodwill and innocence. .

Ms. Lakins is a reassuring maternal figure, an enemy of defeatism shepherding dozens of working-poor parents, the vast majority of them women.

Painters like Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood appealed to this prejudice by depicting the landscape as a recumbent, maternal figure, a source of sustenance at a time of despair.

She is a playmate, lover, maternal figure, and most of all, as my dad himself explains, a source of solace.