The "enamel" protects him – although he admits that "sometimes it's me bestowing the affection then withdrawing it", just like his father used to – which leaves him feeling terribly guilty.
Without wanting to give too much away, DeWitt's character in particular abruptly becomes a weather vane, bestowing her affections on who appears to hold the moral high ground at any given time.
My heart was eased at the notion that I was not alone: those shaming years when I'd fallen in love with the movies — the first art form I came under the spell of — and bestowed my affections so indiscriminately were not to be regretted, but acknowledged as a rite of passage.
From Internal Affairs to Intersection, he's at his best when actively undermining the affection bestowed upon stars by their audiences.
Pachigam and its elders, and their dynamic and dauntless wives, and the rich array of supporting performers, and the sensations of a childhood spent in the high meadows and narrow valleys, among clear lakes and rivers of snowmelt, under the aspect of shining glaciers and timeless traditions, are evoked with an affection bestowed on few other of the novel's venues.
Acosta pursued Garbo, with Garbo occasionally bestowing a few crumbs of affection.
Greeting the seniors with "paternal affection," he began by bestowing upon them a lofty title.
His affection is bestowed selectively, and only after the honoured human has passed several tests.
At Old Trafford, he was a revered figure and much affection was bestowed on him.
But when they were come in safety to Publicola, he bestowed no admiration or affection upon them, but was distressed because he would be thought less true to his word than Porsena, and because the daring exploit of the maidens would be called a base fraud on the part of p553 the Romans.
