Sentence examples for affair rather than from inspiring English sources

The travel specialists found themselves planning a Manhattan affair rather than a destination wedding.

It's like a passionate tempestuous affair rather than respectable married life.

Lear's division of his kingdom is an intimate, family affair rather than a gaudy public spectacle.

The Vietnam was prmarily a local affair, rather than a rebellion under the control of World Communism, and not a test case of anything.

The trigger of bereavement may also take the form of the end of an affair, rather than the physical loss of a partner.

It's from the people behind Oval Space, housed in a converted pickle factory, and is a loft-type affair rather than an echoing rave shed.

Congressmen from New York have been involved in foreign affairs rather than for NYC.

Like most office dramas, both centre on power struggles and love affairs rather than on actual work.

Hearing loss among orchestra players is universal: the normal state of affairs rather than any abnormal affliction.

Shrewd tipsters may enjoy the 11/8 for the fight to go the distance as bouts of this magnitude tend to be cagey affairs, rather than reckless shootouts.

The good news, I suppose, is that this season's hot bags are roomy hand-tooled pony skin affairs rather than delicate beaded sausages.