loving family

collocation in English

meaningsoflovingandfamily

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withfamily.
loving
adjective
uk
/ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlʌv.ɪŋ/
showing a lot of love ...
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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition oflovingandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofloving family

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And wound up with health, alovingfamily, happiness.
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Emotional neglect showed relatively low rates, which may indicate the presence of alovingfamilymember or difficulty with relying dominantly on positively phrased items (that were reverse-coded).
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He came from alovingfamily, but he did not have the best breaks in life.
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Children brought up in alovingfamilyenvironment will be able to make a positive contribution to society.
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In the overwhelming majority of cases, adoption gives a child the chance to be part of alovingfamilyfor life.
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We would all agree that the principal consideration should be placing the child in a warm,lovingfamilyrelationship.
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A kind andlovingfamilyis the rock on which society discharges that responsibility.
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They do not have alovingfamilyand have had to be brought up by the local authority, which does its best.
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Children do best when they grow up in a stable,lovingfamily.
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For them, adoption is their only lifeline chance of experiencing a happy childhood in alovingfamily.
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Herlovingfamilyare devastated by the loss of their daughter and sister.
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As we have heard today, the most important ingredient of all is alovingfamily.
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Lovingfamilylife is impossible under these circumstances.
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It is worrying that many children do not have the opportunity of thelovingfamilyenvironment that all or most of us take for granted.
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They chose to adopt because they believed that they had alovingfamilyto offer to another child.
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Successful adoption provides the chance of a new start and a new,lovingfamilylife for a child.
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We should do all that we can to providelovingfamilyhomes for those children.
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Their children will not have the chance to belong to alovingfamilyunit again.
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We need to do all we can to ensure that children enjoy their childhood against a background of secure andlovingfamilylife.
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There is a really effective way to deal with these damaged children—adoption by alovingfamily.
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