affirmatory

Example Sentences

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Eliot’s validation of Mead’s inchoate longings for a life beyond Dorset must have worked a kind of affirmatory magic.

From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2019

Among affirmatory fledglings, Revolution or at least the advance of the masses has easily displaced Love and Death as Poet Millay published a book with explicitly social subject matter.

From Time Magazine Archive

He just closed his eyes in affirmatory reply, and passed on to the next apartment, which, like the drawing-room, was furnished without any regard for luxury.

From The Grandee by Palacio Valdés, Armando

Her face turned pale for a moment and her lips trembled, but she spoke an affirmatory word only, and waited.

From In Direst Peril by Murray, David Christie

She hesitated for a second; then, with an affirmatory murmur, accepted the proffered arm.

From The Tidal Wave and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)