affections

Example Sentences

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It will be between people who master the tools of technology and those who outsource their affections and their habits to these tools and algorithms.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

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

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

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

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

Then, as Joe tries and fails to whittle away at Brontë’s sense of self in a bid to regain her affections, he realizes that he has lost control.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2025

The dishonor lay instead in concealing from one’s family the nature of one’s affections.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson