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Meanings of motherly woman in English

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Usage of motherly woman in English
1
As we stopped at the doorway a stout, motherly woman filled it.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
2
And she needs a motherly woman like you to watch her carefully.
Robin
3
Mrs. Owen was an excellent, motherly woman, about fifty years of age.
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
4
She was a motherly woman, slightly overweight and with a plain face.
The preacher
5
A motherly woman with an intimate smile sat down beside her.
The Greater Inclination
6
She was a good, motherly woman and she laughed with him.
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
7
Mrs. Bancroft was a motherly woman, and Mr. Bancroft was a fatherly man.
The Morgesons: A Novel
8
Eileen Holland was a comfortable, motherly woman between thirty and thirty-five years old.
A Town like Alice
9
Within the house she found a motherly woman, the wife of the elder son.
The Mormon Prophet
10
Her actual offspring does not suffice a very motherly woman.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
11
Beside him sat a motherly woman and a little boy.
When A Man's A Man
12
Mrs. Bunce was a comfortable motherly woman, who loved her husband but hated politics.
Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
13
She is a stout, motherly woman, more plainly dressed than any one around her.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
14
We certainly want the help both of the trained nurse and of the motherly woman.
The Child Under Eight
15
In Frau Schmidt they had found a lovable and motherly woman, well along in years.
The Boy Allies at Liège; Or, Through Lines of Steel
16
Then on to Mrs. Worthington: excellent, motherly woman, the Mrs. Brinkley of the slate quarries.
The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 2
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