Sentence examples for former affection from inspiring English sources

It's a variant on the same old story: investors loved these economies not wisely but too well, and have now turned on the objects of their former affection.

What was once readily available is suddenly gone, and no matter how hard we try to regain our partner's former affection, it now seems beyond our reach.

Evelyn has had a marriage proposal rebuffed by a worthy but penniless young woman, Clara Douglas, because she had seen what poverty had done to her own parents, and once his fortunes are reversed both of them are too proud to revisit their former affections and they begin to pursue other attachments.

Many are invested in Mr. Cuomo's success in a way that transcends even the intense bonds usually formed during a campaign, out of allegiance to the former governor, affection for his son or both.

Its laid-off workers still speak of their former employers with affection — their loyalty reiterated on the back pockets of their jeans, the neckbands of their T-shirts, and in the form of pet Chihuahuas named Chuck Taylor and 501.

Most of Lavin's former players profess affection for him, although Baron Davis, the best player he coached, is a notable exception.

For the fringe which in the former case is an affection of a single star here forms in the same way in relation to a whole circle.

The idyllic surroundings, the intense friendships, the sense of insidership – all these are remembered with great affection by former White Lodgers.

It begins with Alberta's emotional monologue about the former object of her affection and ends with her dancing strangely and appearing to have convulsions.

Three years later, when he returned to Naples and scored a match-winning goal that also effectively won a championship for his new club, what affection his former fans retained for him dissipated.

The New Republic also played up a conflicted Mr. Cuomo in an article about the "running Freudian drama" between the current governor and his father, Mario (who was governor from 1983 to 1994), as well as the younger man's affection for former President Bill Clinton.