affections
Example Sentences
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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
Soldiers fight, Chesterton says, because their cause is bound up with their affections for their family and fealty to their God.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
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
I was a sucker for the soft-handed Levantine affections.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
