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
The incident lends its name to a theorised psychological condition whereby kidnap victims develop affections for their captors.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2025
Then, as Joe tries and fails to whittle away at Brontë’s sense of self in a bid to regain her affections, he realizes that he has lost control.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2025
It’s my brand of sloth, surely, that I could fail my wife so miserably but seem to provide all the necessary objects and affections.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
