affectionately
Example Sentences
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Birmingham is celebrating everything Ozzy Osbourne, in what is being affectionately called 'Ozzy Day'
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
London and Madrid have disputed control of Gibraltar since the tiny territory -- known affectionately as "The Rock" -- was ceded to Britain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Similarly, in “Spirited Away,” when Chihiro finally wins freedom for herself and her parents, she doesn’t gloat at Yubaba but affectionately calls her “granny” as she leaves.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Pegula is expecting nothing less than a mirror-like baseline duel from the player she affectionately dubbed “mini-me” after beating her in February.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Now he understood about animals; and in the moment that the horse turned from the stream and nudged Jonas’s shoulder affectionately with its head, he perceived the bonds between animal and human.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
