The phrase "a growing affection" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an increasing feeling of love or fondness towards someone or something over time.
Example: "As they spent more time together, a growing affection blossomed between them."
Alternatives: "an increasing fondness" or "a deepening love".
But Diller and Scofidio were expressing a growing affection among younger architects for the architecture of the nineteen-sixties.
The peculiar success of Harry and the Potters has led Paul to "sense a growing affection for us amongst other musicians" and at home.
These differences between men and women may disappear at the end of the pregnancy in the third trimester [ 36], since a growing affection of both parents towards the unborn child during the course of pregnancy has been found in previous studies [ 49].
"Every piece I have acquired has a tale to tell, and each acquisition has been the result of either a sudden passion or a slowly growing affection".
Overcoming his majestic snobbery and his peerless social insights with efforts that in themselves are eventually a demonstration of his growing affection for Odette, Swann graciously take his place in that charmless circle.
His portrayal of a repressed aristocrat whose haughtiness hides his growing affection for Elizabeth Bennet earned Firth a devoted following.
(Brantley) ★ '4000 Miles Amy Herzogg's beautifully rendered portrait of the growing affection between an old-style lefty grandmother and her new-style lefty grandson features superlative work from the actors in these roles: Mary Louise Wilson and Gabriel Ebert.
(Isherwood) ★ '4000 Miles Amy Herzogg's beautifully rendered portrait of the growing affection between an old-style lefty grandmother and her new-style lefty grandson features superlative work from the actors in these roles: Mary Louise Wilson and Gabriel Ebert.
The woman called in to act as wet nurse to the mother who cannot breastfeed her baby ("better a Negro Protestant than an Irish Catholic") looks at the infant with growing affection and with resentment, as her own baby is dead.
No, it wasn't a bargain, but it appealed both to my 60's nostalgia, and to my growing affection for Florence (the Puccis are a noble old Florentine family).
However, as she meets and becomes more familiar with Jon Snow (Kit Harington), Dany's outfits appear lined with fur, a staple of Northern attire that feels symbolic of her growing affection for the King in the North. .
