object of affection

Example Sentences

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While the fruit incites revulsion at first, it eventually becomes an object of affection among the family portrayed in the film.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024

He played a squeaky-voiced water park stud in the 2010 Adam Sandler comedy “Grown Ups,” in which he was the short-lived object of affection for characters played by Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph and Maria Bello.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2024

That also made her a great object of affection from Sarah Palin, who dubbed her a “mama grizzly” and came in to South Carolina and campaigned for probably at the peak of Palin’s popularity.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2023

In her book she offered thorough readings of several sonnets to support previous claims that one frequent object of affection was William Herbert, the 3rd Earl of Pembroke and one of Shakespeare’s patrons.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

Things that are excellent in themselves will be loved for themselves; but they become the more suitable object of affection, if they have withal some suitableness and conveniency to us.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh