affair

Example Sentences

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Both have previously denied rumours of an affair.

From BBC

This leaves him peculiarly incapable of understanding bigger pictures, whether on domestic economic policy or foreign affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal

The feisty heroine is Iris Hawkins, who, in the course of a tentative love affair with a nerdy engineer named Geoffrey Hale, discovers the pernicious designs of a secret order.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The deterioration of her mental state was exacerbated by the conduct Tony engaged in - the workplace harassment after the discovery of the affair," said the lawyer, Bobby Barrera.

From BBC

She is a member of the the Commons home affairs committee and has been a vocal supporter of calls for a Scottish grooming gangs inquiry.

From BBC