How to Use avuncular in a Sentence

avuncular

adjective

• The boss seemed avuncular and boyish, easy to laugh and apt to joke, nibbling his nails and shifting in his chair.
  — Time, 25 Jan. 2018
• Bill Quill — his eyes ice-blue and his avuncular face framed by wisps of gray hair — took me on a tour of the place the other afternoon.
  — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• The father of Levy’s baby had been a rich friend who’d agreed to help provide for the child and be an avuncular presence in his life.
  — Michelle Goldberg, Slate Magazine, 10 Apr. 2017
• But then there’s the show itself, which is so strange and ill-conceived and ill-timed that not even Carell’s avuncular bonhomie can save it.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 May 2020
• The priest looks on, his elbow on the counter, avuncular and affectionate.
  — Peter Van Agtmael, Magazine, 8 Dec. 2020
• The idea of the avuncular Corbyn as a potential leader was a joke that even May would laugh at during her stump speeches.
  — Tim Ross, Bloomberg.com, 9 June 2017
• Recruits have always loved Sitake and his avuncular style.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Feb. 2022
• An early host was the avuncular Percy Thrower, who showed up in a starched shirt and tie, and dispensed guidance while puffing on a pipe.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
• The avuncular musician known as Calvin ii plucks a guitar like a front-porch elder; the vibe is happy, peaceful.
  — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2018
• Pitch-perfect at the podium, avuncular and gracious with the mid-show interviews.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2021
• The avuncular Ishiba may be the most popular candidate among the general public and the LDP's rank-and-file.
  — Fortune, 3 Sep. 2020
• Charles Koch’s avuncular, aw-shucks persona masks his true nature.
  — Christopher Leonard, Time, 26 Sep. 2019
• The photos appeared to show quite a lot of tactile, light-hearted banter of the avuncular variety.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
• The leader of all this non-action is the middle-aged Agent Garrick, a shambolic, avuncular presence with a paunch and a nervous cough.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
• Through it all, the avuncular scientist maintained his sense of humor.
  — Andrea Stone, Culture, 27 Dec. 2021
• Schumer was in his usual avuncular style, his reading glasses firmly perched on his nose.
  — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 14 Mar. 2019
• Some of that is touched on in the friendly advice of an avuncular prisoner, played by rapper Nas, who is also on the producing team.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2018
• Niblock was beloved both for his own work, which began in earnest in the early 1970s, and his avuncular role to fellow artists including Arthur Russell and Glenn Branca.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 9 Jan. 2024
• David and George have embraced him with avuncular zeal, inviting him for home-cooked meals, attending his concerts, discussing the meaning of life.
  — Mary Schmich, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
• Doubleday was cast as the avuncular, free-spending fop, while Wilpon was portrayed as a cheap taskmaster who refused to spend big on players.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2020
• Gagliardo himself, an avuncular man in a Polo shirt, tours you through his spartan cellars.
  — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2017
• This avuncular, down-for-anything attitude has been part of Giamatti’s charm for a long while.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
• At 69, Hekmatyar cuts an avuncular and scholarly figure, but his name still strikes fear and horror here.
  — Washington Post, 21 May 2017
• Hackett instead cut an avuncular figure in a cardigan sweater vest, sat quietly and a bit hunched over on a tall chair, and shared his vision of the future of transportation.
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2018
• The avuncular but hard-nosed Asner also served as a controversial president of the Screen Actors Guild.
  — Carmel Dagan, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2021
• But even the avuncular Peltz cannot outrun his own track record forever as Disney shareholders make their choices.
  — Steven Tian, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2023
• The news was at odds with Keillor’s public persona as the gentle, avuncular satirist of Midwestern puritanism.
  — Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2021
• Thank goodness Waters got to appear, because his regal, avuncular presence classed up the program to no small degree.
  — Morgan Enos, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2018
• The show clearly won’t be the same without his authoritative and avuncular presence.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
• In affect, twinkly and avuncular, Pence owed something to President Reagan.
  — T.a. Frank, Washington Post, 28 June 2023

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024