Sample Sentences formaternal (auto-selected)
maternal as in: maternal grandmother
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In pushing for a global campaign to reduce maternal deaths, it's crucial to avoid exaggerated claims. (source)maternal = relating to a mother
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A little apart from the rest, sunk in deep maternal bliss, lay the largest sow of the lot.† (source)
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But I wasn't, and so my last gesture of maternal solidarity had to wait until the funeral home.† (source)
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Actually, your maternal grandmother is still alive, as well as your mother's brothers and sisters.† (source)
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When she speaks, it is with the pitch of maternal determination.† (source)
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No amount of self-control could withstand a well-played maternal criticism.† (source)
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When my maternal great-grandparents arrived in Jamaica, they searched for a church home.† (source)
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"How did your first day go, dear?" the receptionist asked maternally.† (source)
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Why was I so unmaternal and apart?† (source)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unmaternal means not and reverses the meaning of maternal. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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But she had to admit, she felt maternal toward Christina.† (source)
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They smile and exchange maternally amused glances.† (source)
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Now all that Clarissa had escaped, unmaternal as she was.† (source)
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The notion of maternal instincts in giant dinosaurs—and the drawings of cute babies poking their snouts out of the eggs—had appeal around the world.† (source)
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She was able maternally to bestow the gift of herself on this humble stranger, and remain untouched.† (source)
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I preferred staying in Karshat with my cousins on my maternal side because they had a concrete house with a bathroom and there were lots of children to play with.† (source)
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Madame de Gondelaurier herself, still maternally seated in her big armchair, had not the heart to scold him.† (source)
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