Sentence examples for maternal figures from inspiring English sources

One line that is often repeated is that Italy does have a tradition of strong maternal figures within the family.

Her best-known works depict black women as strong, maternal figures.

Also valuable are reassuring maternal figures like Queen Victoria of England, the Virgin Mary, and the Japanese sun goddess.

But the families had branches and gradations of perceived quality, often depending on whether the maternal figures had been wives or concubines.

Some, he said, like the Virgen de Guadalupe, are sweet, maternal figures, and others, like the Malinche, Cortés's indigenous concubine, are inscrutable.

And he tells us that several maternal figures -- including the author's mother, his ancient nursemaid Julie, and his friend George Sand -- all informed the creation of the story "Un Coeur Simple".

Certainly, there was considerable ambivalence about the maternal figure".

Most women I knew got a heavy maternal figure.

"This one is about the missing maternal figure," Madani said.

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

Mrs. Sadat was such a warm, maternal figure, and I wanted that.