Sentence examples for paternal leader from inspiring English sources

Many of their sculptures depict the ghoulish spirits called Gedes and their paternal leader, Baron Samedi, the lord of death, decay and grotesque eroticism.

On the one hand a paternal leader who found the best medical specialist for an employee's spouse and made sure the doctor somehow got paid, and helped a worker change shifts so that he could spend more time with his family.

It was frequently reported that the new leader's paternal grandfather was a rigger in the Govan shipyard by the name of William Blair.

His mother was the daughter of a Talmudic scholar, Rabbi Solomon Klonitzki-Kline, his paternal grandfather, Lyon Cohen, a leader of the Canadian Jewish community.

There were these things and then there were the smiling, paternal faces of the leaders.

The eldest male, whether he is the father, grandfather, or paternal uncle, is the family leader and makes all significant decisions regarding the family and its members.

One principal reason that Phil Jackson has been such a successful coach is that he has the ability to function as a subtly paternal rather than sadistically paternalistic leader of a group of young black men (many of whom grew up without fathers) who might have use for a mentor but have none for a tyrant.

Furthermore, though Hall was a paternal captain, he was a weak leader.

Her mother is a strong supporter of the Islamic Republic and of its leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and a paternal uncle holds a position in the Revolutionary Guard.

Three participants view their paternal role as "being a moral leader", "supporter", and "financial supporter".

He was a natural leader, caring mentor, and paternal figure for everyone privileged to work under his tutelage.