affinity

Example Sentences

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The narrator’s mishandling of his cellphone reprises the author’s delightful affinity for physical slapstick.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The Canadian star has long had an affinity for the city.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

While speaking with the outlet, Russell revealed that his affinity for log cabins began in childhood, when he lived in a Rangeley, Maine, cabin constructed by hand by his grandfather in 1939.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Despite my penchant for outer space films and my affinity for Gosling’s work, the millennial cringe of it all left a bitter taste in my mouth.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

All Copernicus could say was that ‘Earthy’ things tended to fall to Earth, solar things tended to fall to the Sun, things with an affinity for Mars would fall to Mars, and so on.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin