1. The second woman was a grandmotherly type.

2. Everybody liked grandmotherly Barbara Bush, who kept her wicked barbs private and mostly stayed out of public political combat.

3. This tiny cottage was occupied by a charming, grandmotherly lady called Mrs. Newman.

4. That grandmotherly figure who always carries a handbag and never says anything controversial?

5. For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure.

6. I left my belongings with this grandmotherly figure and entered into this magnificent hall of learning.

7. They look kindly at Marianne, and the grandmotherly wife sums up the story's theme when she remarks that "Sometimes what you get turns out to be better than what you wanted in the first place."

8. People often wonder what my mother-in-law's really like. People think she's a sweet, grandmotherly, Aunt Bea type. She's actually more like, mmm, Don Corleone.

9. In a trial, a southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly,() elderly woman to the stand.

10. I watched him beating his bunch of grass against his knees, with that preoccupied grandmotherly air that elephants have.

11. A small town prosecuting attorney called his first witness to a trial, a grandmotherly, elderly woman.

12. Recently she landed a small role in a forthcoming movie opposite Ben Stiller. She'll be the grandmotherly lady sitting in a restaurant near Stiller and his girlfriend.

13. I was the only blonde on the platform, and even though I'm pear-shaped and grandmotherly, I had not gone unnoticed by the boys.

14. She is in her seventies, with curly white hair and a sweet, grandmotherly smile.

15. But instead I shuffled into the dining room and sat at one of the long tables next to a grandmotherly woman eating from a Tupperware bowl.

16. "Hello, this is Dolly. Can I help you?" answered a grandmotherly voice.

17. In a trial, a Southern small-town prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly, elderly woman to the stand.