Fatherlike

"He means a huge amount to her and fulfills a fatherlike role, which she has never really had," Clarke says. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He went on to say that he considered the belief in a God who was a fatherlike figure to be the result of “childish analogies.” ❋ Walter Isaacson (2009)

There was something frighteningly fatherlike about her. ❋ Jennifer Foote Sweeney (2008)

Oh, and Kirk made some reference to "his children", obviously trying to foster an image of a loving, fatherlike figure - to dispel the votes he casts against their health care coverage. ❋ Ellen Beth Gill (2007)

"Well," said Father, addressing Elvira in his most kindly and fatherlike manner, "well, and how are you feeling now?" ❋ Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 (1965)

I never saw the laird so fatherlike – no since the day when I put your brother Alexander into his arms, that's now the Cornel and a great man among the blacks in India. ❋ Margaret (1891)

When a man harks back, palpably, on some preoccupation, after exchanging a laugh and an impersonal word or two with a girl who does not know him, it is the best confirmation possible of his previous good faith in seeming more fatherlike than manlike. ❋ William Frend De Morgan (1878)

Then we were, as it were, impregnated with the thought of God -- a just God, but benevolent and fatherlike. ❋ Walter Pater (1866)

Kingston is here at his most persuasively Christian, arguing that both the good things of life and the bad, are dealt out to us by an all-seeing fatherlike God. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

I've gotten past the misplaced puppy love and have no intentions of harming his relationship with his wife, but I feel as if his fatherlike role in my life is vastly inappropriate and is going to hurt him if I continue my behavior. ❋ Semp (2010)

I think the casting is spot on because Liam Neeson has a nack for playing very strong, fatherlike figures, and Ralph Fiennes does evil very ... themovieblog. com 18 hours ago - Two new cast members have been approached in the remake of the ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think the casting is spot on because Liam Neeson has a nack for playing very strong, fatherlike figures, and Ralph Fiennes does evil very ... ❋ Unknown (2009)