How to use "paternal" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "paternal" in popular movie and book plots

  • Orphaned Jim Burden rides the trains from Virginia to Black Hawk, Nebraska, where he will live with his paternal grandparents.  - My Ántonia
  • Andrew's paternal grandfather was his grandmother's second husband.  - The Red and the Green
  • Hartigan quickly develops a paternal love for young Nancy, and sees her as the daughter he never had.  - That Yellow Bastard
  • 10 How the friends solaced a corporal and in return received a lesson in paternal ethics.  - Tortilla Flat
  • Frankie comes to establish a paternal bond with Maggie, who substitutes for his estranged daughter.  - Million Dollar Baby
  • Trotty carries a note for Cute to Sir Joseph Bowley MP, who dispenses charity to the poor in the manner of a paternal dictator.  - The Chimes
  • While Melchior and Nora share a dance together, Dora has sex with her paternal uncle Peregrine upstairs.  - Wise Children
  • A short time later, Cory spends a week with his paternal grandparents, Jaybird and Sarah.  - Boy's Life (novel)
  • Five years later, Tomoya meets with Shino Okazaki, his paternal grandmother.  - Clannad (visual novel)
  • The father, she confesses furiously, is the girl's first cousin, Santino, the son of Pirrone and Sarina's paternal uncle.  - The Leopard
  • She enjoys spending time with her Jewish paternal grandmother, who at first seems to accept her for who she is.  - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
  • His paternal aunt, Agnis Hamm, convinces him to make a new beginning by returning to their ancestral home in Newfoundland.  - The Shipping News
  • with a speech on the subject of paternal money, and also makes an argument that if Esmond, Sr.  - Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)
  • Dete brings 6-year-old Heidi to her paternal grandfather's house, up the mountain from Dörfli.  - Heidi
  • Moira is soon abandoned to the care of her paternal grandparents.  - The Pursuit of Love
  • The Mafia boss Uncle Enzo begins to take a paternal interest inT.  - Snow Crash

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