affections

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Not surprisingly, his affections weren’t returned, but the humbling experience taught him several career-defining lessons.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

In 1614, after Carr’s seven years in favor, Villiers supplanted him in the king’s affections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The incident lends its name to a theorised psychological condition whereby kidnap victims develop affections for their captors.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

Younger daughter Amaranta’s affections are shifting from her high school girlfriend to Renata, who works with Mal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

His soul overflowed with ardent affections, and his friendship was of that devoted and wondrous nature that the worldly-minded teach us to look for only in the imagination.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley