Sentence examples for was maternal from inspiring English sources

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was maternal

adjective

Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother, motherly.

  • His weakness seemed to bring out her maternal instincts.

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It was maternal so it was transcribed in oocytes, maternally inherited, and then localized to the furrows.

Her only concern was maternal, for her children.

He said, "The strongest impression I have of her is that she was maternal".

Her greatest interest was maternal and child health, particularly for those without easy access to health care.

I didn't think I was maternal until I had my boys and then I found I was.

Her protectiveness was maternal, but the goading was something different, the hawkish certitude of a visionary businesswoman.

Her presence was maternal, as she sang about what to teach children and about giving her daughter the advice her mother used to give her.

Miss Lichtenstein went in for literature, and Russian blouses; Mrs. Ickes was maternal an and fluttered; Miss Tanney was not quite brisk mentally; Miss Ehbert was a sweet Southern who got married; Miss Kennedy was the good secretary, but he's going to lose her no now.

Our conversation took place before I began rooting around at Bryn Mawr and the Public Library, when I was still trying to square the conflicting images I had of her the nurturing, encouraging editor and the mother who basically gave up her children and I said, "It's funny; as an editor she was maternal, and as a mother she was editorial".

There was maternal serologic and fetal pathologic evidence of cytomegalovirus infection in 1 case.

Conclusion: The most significant influence on pregnancy rates in the donor sperm insemination program at the University of Florida was maternal age.

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