Sentence examples for forms of affectionate from inspiring English sources

Stacey D'Erasmo: One of the things I've always loved about queer culture is the openness and passionate curiosity about love, desire and the myriad forms of affectionate ties.

Although the lyrics are pretty anodyne, the song still functions as a form of affectionate provocation; it was born, in part, of the same impulse that leads Paisley to needle his drummer whenever he can.

MILLER -- You develop a kind of affectionate objectivity about it.

That or "Is Childbirth Necessary?" The Washington Post even ran a review in the form of an affectionate imitation of "Is Sex Necessary?," right down to the idiotic sexologists.

They place particular value on process quality in the form of an "affectionate", "friendly" manner of dealing with dementia patients.

Dyadic reciprocity was predicted by the frequency of affectionate touch but not by any other form of touch.

A Curious Selection of Affectionate Verse.

Instead of fear she elicited waves of affectionate laughter.

He was often found in the newsroom, and was the subject of affectionate rumor.

They also had then, as now, a lads-being-lads relationship of affectionate sarcasm.

Bird houses are the footprints of affectionate people who have shown great respect to all living creatures and supported wild life.