Although they weren't related, Syd always treated Sam in an avuncular manner. From LearnThat.org.
Showed avuncular concern. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The first one I can only describe as avuncular and earnest. From Wordnik.com. [Jewschool] Reference
He can do it in that kind of avuncular way that he has. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Dick Cheney and Joseph Lieberman Spar in Cordial Vice Presidential Debate - October 5, 2000] Reference
And his friendships in England were of the same kind of avuncular nature. From Wordnik.com. [Franklin: The Essential Founding Father] Reference
The TV listings call Larry King "avuncular," which describes his affability but sets him somewhat apart from his guests. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Weissman: The Art & Science of Oprah Winfrey: Part III] Reference
You can ` t-- you can ` t expect to walk into this and just be kind of avuncular and kind -- and think you ` re going to win it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2007] Reference
My foolproof/proof fool method as a child: memorize the definition of "avuncular," since it was the last question on the Wechsler. From Wordnik.com. ["Is it possible to prepare for Intelligence tests?"] Reference
"avuncular" are two words I first heard associated with him. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Like Ike, he radiates a sense of avuncular security. From Wordnik.com. [Everybody's Dream Candidate] Reference
COOPER: ... not the sort of lighter, more avuncular. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2008] Reference
"He was very avuncular and very well liked," says Abercrombie. From Wordnik.com. [On His Own] Reference
This avuncular stranger hadn't come for their parents 'funeral. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
Let us whisper it: Did he inherit the avuncular tendency to obesity?. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference
He smiled a pearly-toothed, avuncular smile, rueful in some distant way. From Wordnik.com. [Let the shitbirds fly] Reference
But he means well, and dispenses some avuncular advice about her love life. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "Christmas Comes But Once A Year," Except for These Three Wise Guys] Reference
He spoke in the hearty avuncular style of the old-time music hall chairman. From Wordnik.com. [Cargo of Eagles]
"The Songkran festival ended over a month ago," said the avuncular stranger. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
Gerald UelmenThe avuncular law professor offers his "Lessons From the Trial.". From Wordnik.com. [Enough To Open A Library] Reference
Gerbert had always talked to the men too, but in a paternal or avuncular way. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
HUBBARD, an avuncular, older man wearing a white hospital coat over his suit. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
And of course, one can always rely on the great, avuncular Michael Billington. From Wordnik.com. [What to say about ... Design for Living] Reference
The oldest agent, he had skin as freckled as a lily's and an avuncular manner. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
Troy thought she detected a gently avuncular air, tempered perhaps by anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [Tied Up in Tinsel]
How horrible it was to meet this rich avuncular stranger, he thought to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
In the end, this avuncular judge may prove to be Bill Gates's most formidable foe. From Wordnik.com. [A Blast From The Bench] Reference
By turns stern and avuncular, Bacon sometimes sounds a bit like Father Flanagan from Boys Town. From Wordnik.com. [High School At Attention] Reference
Cheney's resume is unrivaled, his contacts wide-ranging, his manner droll, avuncular and knowing. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Of The Matter] Reference
Descartes leaned forward, as far as his midriff would allow, with a confiding and avuncular manner. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
Cheney rose to his feet and began to speak in his fatefully avuncular I've-been-there-and-you-haven't tone. From Wordnik.com. [Dick Takes Manhattan] Reference
Speaker Denny Hastert, ever the avuncular wrestling coach, gave a pep talk on the virtues of unity in adversity. From Wordnik.com. [Troubled Waters] Reference
Nixon gave him a private, avuncular pep talk: blame Bill Clinton for everything, and hit the liberals hard on crime. From Wordnik.com. [Riding The Wave] Reference
No matter what one thinks of the 1971 film, Wilder played the candy man with an avuncular weirdness and a real warmth. From Wordnik.com. [CITIZEN CANE] Reference
Brando does a kindly, avuncular turn - his affection for Depp is palpable on screen but it's a perfunctory performance. From Wordnik.com. [Caped Crusader] Reference
Bacanovic, an urbane 40-year-old bachelor, is a far cry from the avuncular, tweedy brokers who populate TV commercials. From Wordnik.com. [Look Who's Talking] Reference
Tweedy, avuncular, a bit shy, he admits he's "very disappointed that we didn't get our chance earlier to do big buildings.". From Wordnik.com. [The Thinking Man Of Design] Reference
There was a time when we assumed that a peanut farmer must be a happy populist, an avuncular older actor an empathetic father figure. From Wordnik.com. [We're Off To See The Wizard] Reference
The noble and wise Sarastro, customarily a bit standoffish, here exudes avuncular warmth as he sits in the garden chatting up Pamina. From Wordnik.com. [Rodney Punt: Magic Flute at Santa Fe Opera] Reference
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