avuncular

How To Use avuncular In A Sentence

• He long ago ditched the specs, shaved off his whiskers and now has a rather kindly avuncular air.
• They think it's some nice warm country with an avuncular leader who likes baseball and he runs a collective farms.
• When the Broadway pro learned that his young visitor wanted to write musicals, he offered avuncular encouragement and advice.
• Donald Carcieri, elected for his unsurpassed avuncularity, is in the death throes of his pathetic governorship of Rhode Island. David Segal: Rhode Island Governor Vetoes Bill To Let Gay Partners Arrange Each Other's Funerals
• You begin to read his column, expecting to find something as smooth as his preppy clothes, as reassuring as the photograph's avuncular smile.
• The avuncular groover, born Trevor Beresford Romeo, has picked up an OBE, an Ivor Novello, and two Grammys – not bad going since he started his DJ career pushing bass bins around on shopping trolleys when the budget wouldn't stretch to a bus ticket. Clubs picks of the week
• As I understood it, that is why, in primitive, polyamorous/polyandrous societies, the avuncular relationship is so important. ProWomanProLife » Why am I so skeptical?
• Since he had put the point in a friendly, avuncular way, I asked him about something that had long puzzled me.
• Little wonder that the petite, sharp-eyed Phoolan, is hurt by comparisons to the avuncular and hirsute Veerappan.
• He adopts an avuncular tone of voice when giving advice to junior colleagues.