He came around the desk and leaned against it in an almost avuncular fashion.

Then Kush stood between her legs and smileddown at her, in an almost avuncular fashion.

He paused by her chair and she looked up at him, smiling, but all he did was pat her on the shoulder in an avuncular fashion.

Soon after his contretemps with Michael Andretti, he was patting him on the back in avuncular fashion.

Dumont let himself beam in an avuncular fashion.

Uncle Arthur was, in his own avuncular fashion, possessed of an absolute ruthlessness.

But he smiled at Hal in avuncular fashion the boy was the ship's favourite.

Van de Velde beamed at him in avuncular fashion, and then turned a doting smile on his wife.

Walter Cronkite carries the tale along in avuncular fashion.

Beaming in avuncular fashion, he then ushered in the cultural festivities.