Sentence examples for easy affection from inspiring English sources

In the hands of another writer these events might read like a hick town soap opera, but Mr. Haruf's understated prose, combined with his emotional wisdom and his easy affection for his characters turns these events into affecting drama.

But crows have never inspired the same easy affection as most other birds.

Playing best friends — Eliza and Lauren — Laura Heisler and Sasha Eden are radiantly real, capturing the easy affection and hurt of teen-age friendship.

But he expresses admiration for the easy affection between the 85-year-old former Holy Father and his 56-year-old private secretary, Msgr.

It was a ringing statement of respect, if still not quite the easy affection Mr. Clinton expresses when speaking of Mr. McCain.

It's tough being a stepparent, but there's a big difference between struggling to find easy affection and failing to summon up empathy and kindness.

Santiago takes photographs of Miguel from a safe distance, while Miguel works and socializes with the other fishermen with an easy, rough affection that expresses the acceptable limits of one man's love for another man.

Her conflicted attitude towards her own kids, growing up American – and not even American socialists – contrasts with Phillip's easy-going affection and dad jokes.

It's easy to feel affection for Mount Rushmore's strange grandeur, but only if you forget where it is and how it got there.

The characters in "Charms for the Easy Life" exude affection in every frame, and when they're in love, they're so in love they can't stop smiling.

"It's just so easy to show affection that way," said my friend Leanne.