Occasionally my mother, feeling the need to exhibit some maternal pride that she didn't really feel, would chime in as well.
Male cubs are excluded from their maternal pride when they reach maturity.
Mairi said in a low voice, her eyes twinkling with maternal pride and tolerance.
Clodia had come out to witness the meeting and smiled at them both with maternal pride.
"You might not say that at three in the morning," Lynn said, her maternal pride obvious.
She hesitated, torn now between her spousal concern and maternal pride.
By the end of the story, the woman's dark face was glowing with maternal pride.
The door promptly opened, and I felt an almost maternal pride when he appeared.
Anna studied her with an easy mixture of maternal pride and professionalism.
"He is not in the least frightened," said the Regent, with almost maternal pride.