Sentence examples for affectionate teasing from inspiring English sources

His relationship with Roosevelt is not so much worshipful as familial — there's lots of affectionate teasing, and little resort to the solemn encomium, though this is, without question, an admiring portrait.

He wears down resistance or suspicion with an incandescent smile and affectionate teasing: every male customer or colleague is "big dog"; the unseen and impatient female dispatcher is "pork chop".

On Wednesday night at the New York State Theater, the company paid an affectionate, teasing tribute to her that included several standing ovations from the orchestra and the audience.

On nostalgia-driven broadcasts like Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion," such affectionate teasing of the folkways of the nation's religious majority has become -- dare one say it -- a staple.

Though probably meant to convey a tone of affectionate teasing, the cover article last Sunday on the fan following of "The Sopranos" seems contaminated by the mocking spirit that frequently characterizes descriptions of New Jersey in New York-based newspapers.

Within the past decade, Gus Van Sant provided Nicole Kidman with her breakout role, as an aspiring newscaster, in "To Die For"; the team of Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor made their classics, "Citizen Ruth" and "Election"; and Brian Dannelly enjoyed minor success with the affectionate, teasing "Saved!," a comedy about a teen-ager who is impregnated by her gay boyfriend at a Christian school.

I imagined the scene at his home earlier that morning when he was leaving for his lesson, an affectionate and proud send-off from his wife, or maybe an affectionately teasing one.

They play with local children, conjugate Spanish verbs and have an affectionate, sexy teasing rapport with each other.

The pen sketches are affectionate, sometimes teasing, but most end with a one-word reminder of the price they have paid for their work.

Sargent called Belleroche "baby" and wrote him teasing, affectionate letters when they were apart.

Teasing (affectionate, we promise) aside, we actually loved this collection, from the beautifully cut jackets to the customised boots that sent us into nostalgic recollections of our lost youth.