Sentence examples for and the affection of from inspiring English sources
He has won money, fame, and the affection of his fellow-citizens.
The literati showed both literary connoisseurship and the affection of fans.
In the struggle for power, money and the affection of offspring, the parents frequently act like children themselves.
For without the common touch, an institution that depends on securing both the deference and the affection of its subjects runs the risk of losing their consent.
But I never stopped loving you and with your mother's strength and the affection of others, I know you are growing into a fine, intelligent, active young man".
The conventional wisdom, though, was that James needed to "grow up" as a player and a teammate in order to win games and the affection of fans.
Smith eventually wins a fight against his rival and wins the affection of the girl.
Omdahl was strikingly beautiful, Thomas writes, and the "affections of a statuesque blonde" may have bolstered Hartman's "deflated self-image".
He bought it – and the affections of someone who had a reputation for bedding older men, including two of her former bosses at the garage.
But it was "Wait for Me" that brought him fame, a dacha, foreign travel and the affections of the actress (herself hiding a tainted biography) to whom the poem had presumptuously been addressed.
Gingrich shuffled pointlessly through a zoo in Asheboro, N.C., a peacock with faded plumage, still preening and still campaigning, though the attentions of most reporters and the affections of most voters had moved on.
