Sentence examples for affection out from inspiring English sources

And the love Brenda's messed-up brother Billy has for her is expressed in a way that throws all preconceptions about sibling affection out of the window.

Sport wheedles a lot of tax money and public affection out of the alleged values of coming together to play and watch.

I realize there's a lot of affection out there for Santa Claus, reindeer, elves, eggnog, mistletoe and all the other familiar trappings of the holiday season.

John Self, blogger My choice has to be Maeve Brennan's The Springs of Affection (out of print), first published in 1998, and which gathers her best stories published in the New Yorker between 1953 and 1973.

Whereas the late Chris Farley had a knack for wringing pathos and affection out of his weight in SNL sketches like the Chippendales tryout with Patrick Swayze or the movie Tommy Boy, Kevin James uses it as a dumb crutch.

I found it so difficult to get commitment and affection out of the men in my life that I avoided expressing how I really felt, for fear of losing what relationships I did have.

But a surplus of irrational affection turns out to be the perfect tonic for the lately anemic art of exhibition.

In some cases, the object of the protagonist's affection turns out not to deserve the feelings vested in him or her.

The audience becomes entranced precisely by the means of making the spectacle, an absorption that, aided by menacing sound and flashing light, focusses attention on the devastation of war and, by contrast, the horsiness of a horse — the rearing, twitching, and nuzzling through which its nobility and affection pour out.

Still, there is also a bit off affection tossed out for the incredible moxie and showmanship that many modern day hunters of bigfeet display.

If you're offended by "PDAs" or public displays of affection (kissing/making out in public) then high school football games are NOT for you.