Colleagues recalled her spiky wit and den-mother affection for fellow writers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Amanda Davis, 1971-2003] Reference

The goal would be to keep hurt from those who were hers, as dangerously fierce a den-mother as her little tribe of humans had ever seen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference

Some people, when discussing the ho-humness of this season of "Idol," point to the loss of judge Paula who, for the first eight seasons, was the show's resident weirdsmobile den-mother.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lee DeWyze wins 'American Idol' 2010] Reference

"You have tarnished the image of France," Health and Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot said she told the disgraced players during a den-mother moment in the locker room Tuesday shortly before they were eliminated from competition by a loss to South Africa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thousands of striking French workers hold nationwide protests] Reference

His former Columbia University colleague, and den-mother of what came to be widely known as Milton Friedman, Arthur Burns, proved to be an economic catastrophe in his own right.    From Wordnik.com.  [LaRouche's Latest] Reference

He's saved at the last minute by the absurdly handsome Luke (Rick Malambri), an aspiring filmmaker and den-mother to the Pirate Crew, a band of misfits who live and dance in an abandoned warehouse Luke inherited from his hippie parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ottawa Sun] Reference

She’d been dropping hints the whole episode, from her early-morning queasiness to those den-mother comments about mentoring fledgling swingers Bruce and Susan an analogy that becomes really creepy if you think about it, to Bruce’s rant to Trina about how hard it is to be a parent and breadwinner, and how lucky the Deckers are that life has yet to throw them any real curve balls.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Swingtown' recap: Moving on | EW.com] Reference