Sentence examples for affectionate friendship from inspiring English sources

This novel's lonely married heroine finds an affectionate friendship in Berlin.

Emperor Antoninus Pius appointed him tutor to Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus; with the former he remained on terms of affectionate friendship.

She evidently had a painful and complex relationship with an agoraphobic drug addict called Birdmann (Ewen Leslie); he was and is clearly in love with her and, on her many visits, her affectionate friendship is complicated by unexpressed guilt at not feeling the same way or wanting to sleep with him.

What emerged from their conversation — along with an ongoing and affectionate friendship — was the idea for a collaborative comic strip (reproduced above, click to expand) about the nature of children's fears, that ran in The New Yorker in the September 27 , 1993issue.

I have always received from Gabo pages that he is still working on, with that generous and simple gesture with which he always sent me - and other people whom he appreciates very much - the preliminary drafts of his books, as proof of our old and affectionate friendship.

They developed an affectionate friendship in letters, and when she became a widow in 1841, Balzac sought her hand in marriage.

He wrote in "The White Book" of stripping naked in a small rowboat and allowing himself to drift in the open sea, and of striking up affectionate friendships with other "naturist" bathers on the rocky shore.

"Having close, affectionate friendships with another man doesn't mean that you two are sleeping together".

"I am Dylan, holder of soccer participation trophy, master of the Italian accent, Googler of 'What is sex?'" An affectionate, antagonistic friendship develops around shared insecurities and interests: "Golan, together we're going to fulfill my school counselor's prophecy and unleash a bloody reign of terror on this town".

Their support is merely that of an affectionate involvement, as in friendship.

Friendship is voluntary, mutual, affectionate, and each person must be equal and like the other.