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affectingly



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Ms. Hruska writes affectingly of the Polish-Jewish author Bruno Schulz, who translated “The Trial” in 1936.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

You may be surprised how affectingly, and empoweringly, the film uses the then-ubiquitous TikToks of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2023

The German director’s “Amour” — a co-production with the Münchner Kammerspiele theater, in Munich, where it will run in late October — is as affectingly tender as her earlier Salzburg outing was grimly savage.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2023

Rudolphe Mdlongwa and Twana Omer affectingly portray Okot and Norullah, vibrant young men with vastly different fates.

From Washington Post Mar. 28, 2023

On the subject of prayer he has written very powerfully and affectingly; but I find no expression which can by possibility imply that he practised or countenanced the invocation of saints and angels.

From Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary by James Endell Tyler




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