Sentence examples for cry for affection from inspiring English sources

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Known as equally for his sweet demeanor as for his public cry for affection (which he's had to tone down lately), Kulig has successfully gone legit with commercial commissions like billboards for the makeup brand Bobbi Brown.

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— but she rarely cried or complained, which allowed the other mothers to experience her as a being of pure adorability, a sponge for affection that asked nothing in return.

She clings to a prostitute for affection.

Four characters fight for affection.

But they're looking for affection, for affirmation.

Satisfy his craving for affection.

Heavy need for affection and reassurance.

His version of the airy "Crying Out for Me" mixed in a few bars of "Cry for You" by Jodeci, a group far more brutal in its affections.

Similarly in Mehrabian and Epstein's scale, reverse items like "People make too much of the feelings and sensitivity of animals," "I often find public display of affection annoying," "I am annoyed by unhappy people who are just sorry for themselves," or "Little children sometimes cry for no apparent reasons" (reverse items #2,3 4, and 33) do not seem to test directly for affective empathy.

A cry for freedom.

Ms. LuPone then takes her turn in the circle of nostalgia to sing — what else? — "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," the signature anthem from the musical, which on this occasion resonates with double meaning as a hard-working, sometimes hard-luck diva's pledge of affection to her loyal audience.

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