Examples of 'paternal' in a sentence
Meaning of "paternal"
Paternal (adjective): Relating to or characteristic of a father or fatherhood. It can also refer to the side of a family that includes one's father and his relatives, in contrast to the maternal side
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- Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
- Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
- Received or inherited from one's father.
- Acting as a father.
How to use "paternal" in a sentence
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Paternal radiation exposure and leukaemia in offspring.
He has this irrepressible paternal instinct toward me.
Her paternal grandfather was a robber and counterfeiter.
Consideration for paternal stomach most unusual.
Paternal age is associated with increased risk.
One report suggested paternal exposure as a cause.
His paternal grandparents were also first cousins.
But far more paternal than that.
His paternal grandmother was a gifted pianist.
This absence complex paternal will disappear.
His paternal grandparents owned a poultry business.
Finally nothing that fills me paternal pride.
Establishment of paternal and maternal filiation by recognition.
Protection of the right to establish paternal filiation.
The origin of his paternal grandparents is unknown.
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Paternal aunt dances with her husband.
You are looking at the combined paternal index.
An instance of paternal leakage resulted in a study on chickens.
She says you are full of paternal love.
The paternal authority in consequence falls to everyone.
Focusing on maternal and paternal parental leave.
Her paternal grandmother was still living there.
You never struck me as the paternal type.
It is the paternal parent of the latundan banana.
Both come from his paternal hand.
Her paternal grandmother was an amateur opera singer.
This service is both paternal and maternal.
I have a paternal and a maternal uncle as well.
Christiaan was named after his paternal grandfather.
Not even paternal and maternal love.
You would be giving up your paternal rights.
Paternal concentrations of dioxin and sex ratio of offspring.
I think it might have been my first paternal impulse.
The paternal kiss on the forehead.
You are profoundly seeking the paternal archetype.
Types of crimes of paternal irresponsibility punishable by custodial sentences.
Letting you travel without paternal approval.
Paternal responsibility became effective at the age of majority.
Instituting a maternity and paternal benefits plan.
My paternal grandmother is the same age as your mother.
Your religious faith and paternal instinct.
This paternal guide once had his day.
Which means that he has paternal rights.
I am with my paternal uncle and joined college here.
She is named in honor of her paternal grandmother.
I think that my paternal grandparents did not practice religion.
Later revealed to be also his paternal uncle.
And here is this paternal figure that he hates.
Now is not the time to get paternal.
Or what his paternal grandmother died of.
