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The phrase "a true affection" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a genuine or sincere feeling of love or fondness towards someone or something.
Example: "Their relationship was built on a true affection that only grew stronger over the years."
Alternatives: "genuine love" or "sincere fondness."
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The owners wanted to sell to someone who showed a true affection for the place, and they were able to strike a deal.
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Christine Entwisle and Richard Katz are well matched as a particularly repellent Lord and Lady Capulet, alike devoid of any true affection for their daughter.
It is in a spirit of true affection, rather than in an effort to leaven the mysteries of global economic synergy, that Mr. Ahamed cites one American politician particularly ill suited for a visit to Windsor Castle.
After you've watched a woman with bad plastic surgery anally gang-banged and then bukakke'd by a group of prison inmates, you'll understand why the image of your girlfriend giving you a BJ could never be seen as slutty, and only as a gesture of true affection and intimacy (even if you're making pornface).
Ryan Adams — 1989 While some jumped on Adams's supposed "rocksplaining", his beginning-to-end cover of Taylor Swift's blockbuster album seemed to come from a place of true affection.
There does not seem to have been a single instance of Savile displaying true affection, or a wish to give pleasure: in his life he had no sustained, loving relationships.
Another subplot finds a lonely gay man, Benjamín Miguel Garcíaa), intercepting someone else's Internet blind date, a wiry flamenco dancer named Bruno (Victor Ullate Jr).. Though Benjamín is a hopeless romantic and Bruno is a love 'em and leave 'em pragmatist, a little flutter of true affection develops between them.
He has an equilibrium because he has the true affection of a family, which is very important for him".
The company uses artificial intelligence techniques to try to distinguish between someone expressing true affection for a book as opposed to merely mentioning it.
I think there was a true, deep affection -- people will argue with me about that -- but just don't step out of your line.
As a neighboring countryman said of Chanel by way of explaining her great success: "In the first place, she's Auvergnate; in the second, she has the endurance of a greyhound; and third" — he added with an appropriate note of respect — "she has the true affection for money".
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