Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Clinton was at first reported to be "extremely upset," then avuncularly forgiving -- Panetta needed "bucking up."

From Time Magazine Archive

But Brogan also avuncularly warns that from Africa to Asia, "very imperfect solutions are all that can be hoped for, and the pursuit of perfection can end�and usually will end�in deception and disillusion."

From Time Magazine Archive

I affected the usual surprise, warned Philip that he must await my brother's approval, and shook hands with him avuncularly.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen