Sentence examples for generous affections from inspiring English sources

The zest, the generous affections, the illusions, the despair, all the traditional attributes of Youth - all save this - come and go with us through life..

Quite generally, Shaftesbury takes it that "our chief means and power of self-enjoyment" lies in having "the natural, kindly, or generous affections strong and powerful towards the good of the public" ("Inquiry" 200).

It's evident that she feels a generous affection for all four people onstage in "Widow," including Hope.

Brahms is like a stern father almost ashamed of the generous affection he holds for his musical children.

Savelkoul enjoys the traditional pleasures of the haute bourgeoisie but has a generous affection for his Polish maid, whose devotion is the only sincere relationship in his life.

The rise of TV and movie fandom, for example — with its generous affection turning, when it's betrayed, into lavish scorn — seems to be an extension of our love affair with books.

The rise of TV and movie fandom, for example—with its generous affection turning, when it's betrayed, into lavish scorn seems to be an extension of our love affair with books.

In addition, though Seth is not fully human until late in the film, he makes himself visible to the object of his affection, an ostensibly reserved but ultimately generous heart surgeon named Maggie (Ms. Ryan), well before his metamorphosis.

In person, Le Guin was generous with affection.

Hersh, now a solo artist, has a generous adult affection for her adolescent self.

Always generous with her affections, Debbie was ready to run off with Ross until she found out he was the father of her mum's baby.