It could not be easy for a childless woman to foster her husband's strong, healthy, well-loved child by some other woman.

He patted the console like a well-loved child.

He was the weary father, forced to administer punishment to a well-loved, albeit irresponsible, child.

The furniture was of good quality, but with the touch of shabby comfort about it that furnishings often acquire in a house where there are many well-loved children.

The Ancestor snorted, but rather fondly, Acorna thought, very much in the same way a tolerant grandparent might act toward a well-loved but rambunctious child.

Carl smiled at him as a parent would smile at a slow but well-loved child.

Brown seems to regard Robinson, appreciatively, as something of a puzzle - like a well-loved middle child who's also something of a handful.

There was evidence of well-loved children everywhere: Tyco toys, bikes, a basketball net, dueling swings, a makeshift lemonade stand.

The creature, raised like a well-loved child and never allowed the least bit of hunger, was entirely tame and comfortable around people.

The yellow mare was not merely a helpful 1 companion, or a pet, or even a well-loved child.