Sentence examples for affectionate companions from inspiring English sources

He was married to Margo Mayr Larson for 23 years; they were close and affectionate companions.

Dolphins and orcas are recorded as exhibiting a fondness for human company, but rats also make delightful and affectionate companions.

Felines are elegant, affectionate companions that are ideal for people who lead busy lives.

They're still active pets that need a lot of play, and affectionate companions who demand attention.

They're incredibly affectionate companions who love to be around their families.

Crews's gloss: Freud "conceived of his chemically eroticized self not as the affectionate companion of a dear person but as a powerful mate who would have his way, luxuriating in the crushing of maidenly reluctance".

Poulenc was an entertaining and affectionate companion who loved music above everything else.

Writer and presenter Edward Stourton is a sharp-eyed and affectionate companion on the BBC's wartime journey, investigating archives, diaries, letters and memoirs to examine what the BBC was and what it stood for.

Two years ago the Koontzes adopted a new golden retriever, Anna, an extremely affectionate companion who "flunked out of disability training school because the birds bugged her". It was later learned that Anna was the grandniece of Trixie, who became the "author" of a few of Koontz's children's books.

What Mandelbaum's reader gets, and Merwin's doesn't, is the emotional quality of Dante's relationship to the figure who has been his affectionate, solicitous companion since the beginning of "Inferno".

He and others like him have since opened my eyes to the bewildering human capacity for brutality against some of our most affectionate and forgiving companions.