Sentence examples for human affections from inspiring English sources
What are the human affections - the "trust" and "credit" - that bind people and their communities together, like readers and authors, in such a world?
They were "random," then, in the way of human affections — as "random" as the inner compass that draws us more powerfully to some people than to others.
But when that comet streaks through the sky at the hushed climax of the show, Pierre experiences an epiphany that had my heart leaping into my throat, as he sang with humble joy of the mysterious workings of human affections.
It was a delicately told tale of human affections and religious quest — and a strange but totally distracting one to read propped up on a prison bunk, surrounded by the clanging of steel bars, by buzzers, by shouts and by shrieking outbursts of obscene banter.
But Zoe is confident, rightly, that this state of affairs will not last: 'But I did know, or was convinced, that our story would have a happy ending, not realising that there is no proper ending in human affections until time provides an ending to which we must all submit.' (Observe the formidable way the sentence doesn't draw breath until it catches up with its own death).
The "eternal Measures" of right and wrong are not constituted by human affections.
As the human attention span for words reduces, so does the human affection span for objects.
He longed for peace - not so much heavenly bliss, just normality and human affection.
Human affection for horses unfortunately makes them popular subjects for the film industry.
His burning desire for human affection thwarted, he became increasingly solitary.
They were given a few pats and scratches, but Nero, as a guard dog, wasn't treated with human affection.
