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Recent Examples of motherlyThe portrayal appears to suggest that motherly attributes are solely within the realm of being loving, caring, comforting, protective, sheltering, and so on.—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025 In that situation, some new parents might have chosen to wait and see how things progressed, but Randall's motherly instincts told her action was required.—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025 In a final act of motherly sacrifice, Sue dies trying to defeat Galactus before quickly being brought back to life by her son.—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025 Since Rhodes stirs such motherly feelings in her fans, she’s partnered with M&M’s for their M&M’S PB&J Packed Lunch Special, a free packed lunch that 500 fans in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Texas and Nashville, Tenn. can get on July 29.—Victoria Edel, People.com, 28 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for motherly
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maternal
Adjective
In an interview on the Really Famous with Kara Mayer Robinson podcast in 2018, Seehorn spoke about her role as a maternal figure to the boys.
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