Trapped in a marriage devoid of affection and distanced both physically and socially from his ageing, working class parents, Bill Stoner, an archetypal introvert, is stoical, unambitious and inconspicuous, almost painfully shy, "held in no particular esteem" by and with few, if any, close friends.
Vennie gets a great deal of affection from the boys.
The outpouring of affection from the baseball community has humbled him, he said.
(In fact, Christie has got a lot of affection from the channel).
Verbal abuse and lack of affection from parents were among the difficulties mentioned.
The partners of depressed fathers reported lower levels of affection from the partner compared to the nondepressed group.
Relationships range from those which are physically passionate but devoid of emotional affection to those, like the bond between Esther and the Jewish fabric merchant Mr Marks, which are rich in love, but entirely chaste.
The son of a British aristocrat who had squandered two family fortunes, he recalled his childhood as "devoid of parental affection".
While he argues against the Stoics that a life of thinking only, devoid of all affection, cannot be happy (De tranq.
The transfer of this kind of obsessive affection from Harry to Trouble seems apparent.
Christine Entwisle and Richard Katz are well matched as a particularly repellent Lord and Lady Capulet, alike devoid of any true affection for their daughter.
