mother figure
motherly figure

She takes on the role of the mother figure among the children.

You know, everyone needs a mother figure to turn to in a time of crisis.

For the first and last time in her life, Mother figured wrong.

She is also a good mother figure to Eric's friends.

She was a lot older than him, but still worth looking at, and if any one needed a mother figure, that boy did.

"I am like the mother figure to my own friends," she explained.

During the following two decades she often played mother figures.

Or, best of all, a show in which a mother figure teaches a man how to cook.

Your mother figures that you're safe, because she only paid me half.

He often sees Vivian as the mother figure of the team.

She is sometimes looked upon as a mother figure and the teens often asked her advice.

In this film she played the black maid and mother figure to a young white woman.

"By giving them a new father or mother figure," Rodgers said.

Sophie acts as something of the mother figure in the group.

Looks to me like they both need a mother figure anyway."

My mother figured this was a perfect opportunity for a bit of research.

She is like the mother figure of the group.

Was she, like Alma later on, a mother figure, too?

Val started to become something of a mother figure to Brendan.

As an orphan from a young age, the search for a mother figure is central to his work.

She acts as a mother figure and leader to the rest of the Flock.

With their father in prison, Susan had to become a mother figure for her younger brother.

She was a mother figure to all of us who needed that when we were scared and away at college."

Judaism was the only ancient religion without a mother figure.

After a moment the mother figure opened the door.