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Recent Examples of motherlyGoodspeed audiences saw how smartly McLane put her stamp on Rose, finding a motherly heart and soul that lingered through the whole show (whereas Merman was Merman, waiting to uncork a brassy finish).—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024 Chloé’s story, accompanied by nearly subliminal youth flashbacks, benefits from implicating Judith’s own motherly concern.—Armond White, National Review, 2 Aug. 2024 Brown did all of the regular motherly things to help Hester get there.—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2024 The effect is palpable, a shrine to motherly love and its power to fuel not just a practice, but a life.—Wren Sanders, Them, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for motherly
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