Sentence examples for familiar affection from inspiring English sources

Listening to Wayne tell a story she has heard countless times, Ms. Lane, a master at registering minute shifts of emotion, shows Carmen torn between familiar affection and pain for a life together that didn't work out.

Like a preacher at a service in a parish church, he spoke on Wednesday emphatically, and with familiar affection, of those who had been killed.

As new facts become harder to learn, the web of familiar associations and affection become all the more important.

While driving there and during the date, don't kiss her or show her any familiar signs of affection.

In "Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies," an account of today's battles over Civil War monuments and memorials, Sanford Levinson, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, explains why even the most egregiously offensive Confederate memorials are essentially immovable: affection for the familiar mingles with defensiveness about the past.

Extreme reluctance to initiate or accept comfort and affection, even from familiar adults, especially when distressed.

And Lysander, the supposedly true lover of Hermia, won her affections with the familiar earthly magic of "rings, gauds, conceits".

Hillary Clinton's affection for pantsuits is as familiar in politics and pop culture as the iconic politician herself.

I experienced a wave of nostalgic affection when I sighted the familiar features of Beaker, Animal and Sam the Eagle, and there are some solid jokes and gags scattered throughout the first two episodes.

When something becomes familiar we tolerate it, and tolerance can grow into affection.

Because emotional abuse has become such a popular topic in the self-help and psychology fields, you may already be familiar with some of its signs, which may include withdrawal of affection, name-calling, and control.