Sentence examples for a strange affection from inspiring English sources

But I still feel a strange affection for it, and this quote probably explains why.

I've never been to Rhode Island, but browsing through this set of pictures he just sent us, I can't help but feel a strange affection for this place I've heard so much about on TV and imagined wasting time in while listening to bands like Real Estate and The Replacements.

Develop a strange affectation.

It's the same with what seem to be "clues" that dead-end: Jacob's strange affection for the golem or his intention to convene a Zionist discussion group at the local pub.

Nine months on, as he prepares to go before a US congressional committee to account for Toyota's handling of the safety recall of more than 8.5m cars, the 53-year-old chief executive must look back with strange affection on the days when his only concern was the bottom line.

Absent, too, is the strange affection that underwrote John Hodge's script for Trainspotting, making Filth and its core characters hard to like, despite the sturdiest of supporting casts (Eddie Marsan's bottle-eyed cardi-man and Shirley Henderson's desperate housewife are particular fine) and an admirable fidelity to the spirit of the novel.

It felt like a mallet striking the skin of a bass drum, a strange way of showing affection, and I kept my eyes closed through the operation.

His deep affection for this place stems from a strange quirk of cultural history.

It means 'wisdom', which may appear a strange choice but he means it: the admiration and affection are genuine.

Allegedly a secret show, though it was broadcast live on NPR, the evening was a strange dance between a loving audience and a slippery object of affection.

Certainly, the recent re-examination of Thatcherism and its divisions seemed like a visit to a strange and ancient time, which, whisper it again, even provoked a batsqueak of affection for the coalition.