mother figure
noun
: an older woman who is respected and admired like a mother
Camp counselors are mother figures to many of the girls at the camp.
Examples of mother figure in a Sentence
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Future Cats Tony winner Buckley, 76, was brought on as a mother figure to replace Diana Hyland, who had previously played Tom’s wife Joan.
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Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Carla is his lifeline: part mother figure, part lover, and an attentive student.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
When his friend Eloise (Phylicia Rashad), a kindly mother figure who has been scammed by a phishing operation that drains the accounts of elderly shut-ins, takes her own life, Adam proceeds to burn the call center to the ground.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
Betty was the sometimes cold mother figure, who died of lung cancer in her 30s.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
Milano’s character takes up a lot of space by design, but the actress also works to complicate the mother figure.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
With an eight-year age difference, sometimes Angela felt more like a mother figure rather than an older sister.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
The Fourth House The fourth house has to do with your roots and your emotional security, including the home, the family, and the mother figure.
—Madison Feller, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2023
Yet Kali is also an important mother figure who channels her ferocity into the care and defense of all creation.
—Alyssa Beall, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2024
Carla is his lifeline: part mother figure, part lover, and an attentive student.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
When his friend Eloise (Phylicia Rashad), a kindly mother figure who has been scammed by a phishing operation that drains the accounts of elderly shut-ins, takes her own life, Adam proceeds to burn the call center to the ground.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
Betty was the sometimes cold mother figure, who died of lung cancer in her 30s.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
Milano’s character takes up a lot of space by design, but the actress also works to complicate the mother figure.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2023
With an eight-year age difference, sometimes Angela felt more like a mother figure rather than an older sister.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
The Fourth House The fourth house has to do with your roots and your emotional security, including the home, the family, and the mother figure.
—Madison Feller, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2023
Yet Kali is also an important mother figure who channels her ferocity into the care and defense of all creation.
—Alyssa Beall, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
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“Mother figure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mother%20figure. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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