Sentence examples for a form of affectionate from inspiring English sources

Although the lyrics are pretty anodyne, the song still functions as a form of affectionate provocation; it was born, in part, of the same impulse that leads Paisley to needle his drummer whenever he can.

MILLER -- You develop a kind of affectionate objectivity about it.

A form of connecting.

a form of osteomyelitis.

Stacey D'Erasmo: One of the things I've always loved about queer culture is the openness and passionate curiosity about love, desire and the myriad forms of affectionate ties.

That or "Is Childbirth Necessary?" The Washington Post even ran a review in the form of an affectionate imitation of "Is Sex Necessary?," right down to the idiotic sexologists.

They place particular value on process quality in the form of an "affectionate", "friendly" manner of dealing with dementia patients.

Narendra-bhai used to play with Muslims when he was young," he says, using an affectionate form of address to an older person in Hindi.

The recalcitrant audience for the Shostakovich seemed to pay more attention in Mendelssohn's C minor Trio and made its enthusiastic applause at the end into an affectionate form of farewell.

Once, he referred to Potanin as Volodya, an affectionate form of Vladimir.

"There are a lot of affectionate associations with Barbour, which is always a good hook with people.