Sentence examples for earned affection from inspiring English sources

All earned affection and were rewarded with a few more than their 15 minutes of fame with Davina.

The character lured her audience into a show that earns affection by sidestepping expectations.

People and companies that behave well in tough times earn affection and self-respect that is extremely valuable, even if it is hard to capture in data.

Becoming an adult is realizing alone-ness, understanding how tenuous the integration of lives really is, and facing the unpleasant necessity of having to earn affection.

Shake up the teaching profession and Ms Bachelet will have earned the affection she widely inspires.

Rock stars aren't everyday people, but White clearly earned their affection.

Behind his gruff, rude manner was a gruff, rude man, albeit one who earned the affection of some colleagues.

She worked here for fifty-four years, most of them as its Grammarian (a title invented for her), and she earned the affection and gratitude of generations of writers.

In the past year, the archbishop has earned the affection of many priests who bristled under the sometimes peremptory style of Cardinal Egan.

The stagehands, representative of the solid working class, never really earned much affection from the watchers of the unfolding spectacle either.

The ferries have earned Staten Islanders' affection, unlike the heavily trafficked Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which offered constant access to Brooklyn when it opened in 1964.