How to Use "avuncular" with Example Sentences

1. He adopted an avuncular tone of voice when giving advice to junior colleagues .

2. Arthur burns was an avuncular , pipe-smoking scholar .

3. " The secret police have several functions , my dear , he began in an avuncular tone "

4. His informality extends to signing himself off in e-mails with the avuncular nickname ' 'patchy ' ' .

5. Even the professorial ron paul , the indefatigable libertarian from texas , has abandoned his avuncular pose and decided that this is the time to slash at the gingrich jugular .