adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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What could you do to make this relationship more loving ?
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She woke Lucy with coffee, and more loving , sure and slow.
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A more loving and loved animal it would be hard to imagine.
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Their dad, she felt, deserved a far more loving wife than Maud had become.
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She didn't know of a more loving couple than her mum and dad.
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Megan's vision of a more loving world touched all who knew her.
■ NOUN
care
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The Backup New yachts suffer from teething problems, and older yachts need lots of tender loving care .
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It is the routine and tender loving care of the staff that create the best atmosphere.
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Nails dry out in the sun, too, and need just as much loving care as your hands!
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With glass and tender loving care it can be done.
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His loving care saved me from death.
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Apart from needing varnish and loving care it looked seaworthy, but naturally there were no rowlocks and no oars.
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Almighty Father, we commend to Your loving care all who suffer; grant them patience.
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Voice over Millie will need tender loving care and a lot of medical treatment before going home.
family
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No one on earth had such a loving family , no one on earth felt so cooped up and smothered.
father
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Theo was soon changed into the loving father he believed was his due.
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Stuart Carter had been a caring and loving father while exercising considerable skill in a steelworks.
relationship
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Greed, frustration, and envy so easily replace a loving relationship .
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Who is to say what part of the loving relationship was generated by the bank account?
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How many opportunities, how many loving relationships had been lost because of masked feelings?
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On the contrary, the older I get, the greater priority I give to a loving relationship .
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Slowly but inevitably they had drifted back into a loving relationship , culminating three months ago in their engagement.
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Now he freely admits to being gay and to having had a stable, loving relationship with another man.
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But he helps her get over her hang-ups and together they start a loving relationship .
wife
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Their dad, she felt, deserved a far more loving wife than Maud had become.
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The confidence he had gained from having a loving wife was being undermined by a feeling of rejection from the public.
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She is beautiful and benign and the embodiment of all the finest qualities of a loyal and loving wife .
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And at last, Clare felt nothing but love for this passionate, loving wife of his.
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You left a loving wife and a happy home to serve king and country and this was how they treated you.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
tender loving care
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Mom gave us kids a lot of tender loving care.
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Right now I just need some tender loving care.
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At some level they still cling to the idea that tender loving care is the only factor in raising kids.
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Hospitals needed some one to give tender loving care to chil-dren, social agencies had various similar needs, and so on.
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It is the routine and tender loving care of the staff that create the best atmosphere.
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Lucky patients get superb nursing care, infused with professionalism and tender loving care.
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Mandy had plied her with tender loving care until the tears had come.
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The Backup New yachts suffer from teething problems, and older yachts need lots of tender loving care.
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Voice over Millie will need tender loving care and a lot of medical treatment before going home.
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With glass and tender loving care it can be done.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a loving husband
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Her husband was loving and supportive throughout her long illness.
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She was a devoted wife and a very loving mother.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is a speech of effusive praise, which if it were true, would make her an exceptionally loving child.
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It is the routine and tender loving care of the staff that create the best atmosphere.
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Only good can come from loving company.
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Suddenly Anne thought of the kitchen as it had been throughout her childhood, a warm, secure and loving haven.
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They were part of her loving .
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Voices may sound loving , or angry, or anxious.