| His aged voice was hoarse, slow and soothing, a fatherly sound that Alsonte found foreign. |
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| Mum used to say he was a very romantic person, but he may not have been in the family long, because he wasn't much of a fatherly person. |
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| Zack was reluctant and frowning, but I exercised fatherly priviledge and basically railroaded him into the trip. |
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| He weeps on his 400-count percale sheets and cradles a gold coin his invisible pop passed along in lieu of fatherly love and support. |
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| The men can be silvery-haired and fatherly and the women are identikit babes. |
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| God's kingdom is one of fatherly and motherly compassion, not dominating majesty or slavish subjection. |
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| Then he broke into hearty laughter, and strangely, patted my shoulder in an almost fatherly manner. |
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| He is down-to-earth, friendly, fatherly and a seemingly great representative for the conscious movement. |
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| And as he saw her making more of an effort each day, his esteem for her grew with an almost fatherly affection. |
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| Paul was taken aback by the fatherly protective instincts that seemed to well up from deep inside him. |
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| His sweaty hand grabs my shoulder in a fatherly gesture as he comes to sit down on the bar stool beside me. |
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| It was a very fatherly voice, one that any person could find their inner child crying to for help and comfort. |
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| It was then that I noticed he was peacefully asleep, leaving me to savour a moment of high quality fatherly tenderness. |
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| My dad never really felt the need to have the fatherly sit-down with me, and while my mom is very hip, she's a puppeteer. |
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| In one of her last paintings, Kahlo depicts herself seated contemplatively beneath an enormous portrait of a benign and fatherly Stalin. |
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| Kenny has an incredibly smooth, ultra-relaxed phone voice that evokes an image of a strong, fatherly type. |
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| This is commendable because the children will continue to have fatherly care, protection and support. |
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| He's a fatherly, compassionate figure here, much concerned for the well-being of the tenants on his Sandringham estate. |
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| Only the presence of the Huntsman provides any sort of male-oriented fatherly compassion. |
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| He's being fatherly and affectionate, and I can tell she's soaking it up, so I won't join them. |
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| This Hope is the certainty of being loved by God, constantly sustained in His fatherly embrace. |
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| He was best known for his portrayal of fatherly roles in many TV dramas. |
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| At the time, I think I dismissed his comment as silly fatherly sentiment. |
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| Sometimes this adult is called a 'sugar daddy', and may, as the name suggests, even be considered by some as a fatherly figure. |
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| So at the Boston convention you can expect a lot of blather about Mr Kerry's courage, wit and great fatherly skills. |
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| Is this family love or fatherly love, or is it about control and ensuring his wife and children live in poverty to teach her a lesson? |
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| What does it mean for women to be made in the image of a fatherly God and redeemed by a male savior? |
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| He is surrounded by marvellous machines, healing arts, fatherly governments and comforting privileges of all kinds. |
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| We thank him for having been a wonderful fatherly figure to us. |
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| Even in confrontational moments, he was never contemptuous, taking on instead a tone of fatherly rebuke. |
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| Did you ever get all fatherly and give Michael Fassbender or any of her other boyfriends a hard time? |
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| A Friend of the Familyby Lauren Grodstein A gripping, elegant account of fatherly love and suburban sanctity gone awry. |
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| I was getting the fatherly stuff I now realise I wasn't getting at home. |
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| His embrace was warm and fatherly, something Ashley had missed growing up. |
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| As her adopted uncle, I was giving a little fatherly as well as motherly and unclely advice. |
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| A concern with the techniques of prayer is condemned as 'pagan', and instead a simple trust in God's fatherly goodness is encouraged. |
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| Jim Armour will be missed for his fatherly advice and his fast quips. |
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| Not even one of your sighs escapes being heard in heaven, not one prayer fails to find echo in Me, none of your afflictions or difficulties goes unnoticed by my fatherly Love. |
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| His careful and fatherly shepherding of the Church through what has been an eventful and historic quarter century and into the third millennium has come to an end. |
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| But, if we were to focus more on fathers' strengths, we could identify fatherly traits that have a positive impact on child development: for example, autonomy, playfulness and a realistic approach. |
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| The situations generally involved fatherly importunity or condescension. |
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| Madam President, I would therefore request that you write a letter to the governor of Colorado and ask him to give this small, mistreated child his fatherly help. |
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| Men's awareness should be raised not only in relation to their fatherly roles but also in relation to their family responsibilities towards dependent relatives. |
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| On that wondrous tomorrow, yet another being, familiar and fatherly, will grace our presence for an all too brief time among his mortal brothers and sisters. |
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| A man might have a nugget of fatherly advice for his daughters. |
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| The younger Henry was reported to have said Becket showed him more fatherly love in a day than his father did for his entire life. |
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| He can be brotherly, fatherly or friendly and is generally unpredictable. |
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| As Your Holiness can see, we have much work of great pastoral significance before us, and we therefore ask your fatherly blessing that the power of the Holy Spirit bring wisdom and courage to our deliberations. |
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| The police chief is a fatherly figure with a stock of white hair and moustache and his household a preserve of steaming hot borsht and joyously screaming youngsters. |
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