Sentence examples for he affected to from inspiring English sources

As someone once said, although he affected to be severe, he could not help being benign.

One prowler was thrown down in 10 seconds by one of the dogs when he affected to make a break.

Some of the bankers' comments he affected to relay include, "On Valentine's Day, I send my wife flowers with a card that says Congratulations" and "I just want to be rich enough to not be motivated by money".

Previous biographers have claimed, for example, that Marx despised, individually as well as collectively, the very working classes whose plight he drew attention to and whose cause he affected to champion.

Yet he could also be arrogant and authoritarian, ready to adopt the very practices he affected to disdain by, for instance, appointing his father to chair two regional corporations.The "police action" described by Colonel Gowon at the outset turned into a bloody conflict and a merciless siege.

But he betrays everything he affects to hold dear?

Though he affects to be unaware of it, that verdict was duly delivered; and he lost.

Al Murray's Pub Landlord is often criticised for pandering to the attitudes he affects to lampoon.

I'm not convinced Briggs is anything like the miserabilist he affects to be.

The problem, as some of his workers see it, is that he is cutting them loose from the very values he affects to believe in.

He affects to be relaxed about his challenger, saying "Ivanishvili is good for us, he will keep us in good shape".