Sentences with affection
af·fec·tion
A a - She thought of him with affection.
- The distant object of his affections is Caroline.
- Capitalising on residual affection for the three unlikely heroes from No Fixed Abode, Cricklewood.
- Yet he is harshest of all to the wife he only ever calls Dingbat, a nickname without the saving grace of affection or respect.
- To play on a person's affections
- Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly. Take insects. Some 750,000 species have already been documented worldwide and the great American naturalist EO Wilson called them "the little things that run the world". Through their recycling of nutrients and the supply of base-level protein to a vast array of higher life forms, insects underpin the existence of life on this planet. Yet when it comes to human concern for creepy-crawlies, forget it.
- I have affection for any knucklehead with delusions of grandeur.
- Just how much affection the boys of Canterbury High still hold for their most high-profile former student is less quantifiable.
- There is no more iconic structure that symbolises our affection for our state and our affection for the city of Melbourne than the West Gate.