"uncle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He could have been a benevolent older uncle.
- He smiled at me like a benevolent uncle.
- An effeminate boy, he enjoyed cleaning and dusting at the home of her benevolent great uncle.
- They settled him in a beach chair from which he could watch the proceedings like a benevolent uncle.
- Then members of Congress can play the role they like best, the benevolent uncle to the people back home, helping wherever he can.
- I'm just feeling rather like a benevolent uncle, that's all.
- It made me feel like a benevolent uncle with one foot in the grave.
- They want a benevolent uncle, an outsider, a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy who will put their needs above those of the rich and powerful.
- Eventually we hope to see Skyfac itself settle into the role of the benevolent old rich uncle who lives up the road.
- Assuming the expression of a benevolent uncle, he said to the native, "What is your name? "
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