affections
Example Sentences
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Danielle Pinnock’s character, a Jamaican woman who is taken to America by a wizened older man she refers to as the “old raisin,” has a brassy boldness and bawdiness that also seduces the audience’s affections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The low-budget film stars Michael Johnston and Inde Navarrette as a man who makes a sinister bargain to win the affections of the woman he admires -- and must bear the consequences.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
Reid’s Merope and Reis’ Antigone, ferocious in their different ways, refuse to play second fiddle to Manville’s Jocasta when it comes to Oedipus’ affections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
The incident lends its name to a theorised psychological condition whereby kidnap victims develop affections for their captors.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
I was a sucker for the soft-handed Levantine affections.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
