Sentence examples for in affection for from inspiring English sources

China's reluctance to censure the North is not rooted in affection for its policies.

As tanna he was held in affection for his human approach; one of his dicta was, "Receive all men joyfully".

While opinions vary widely, the party still enjoys support in Sunni regions, some of it expressed in affection for Mr. Hussein himself.

I'm not lacking in affection for my parents, but they are locked into something that is so exclusive as to be hermetically sealed to everyone else, including me.

Another reason for the surge in affection for Brand was the BBC4 comedy Getting On, in which she played a nurse called Kim Wilde who worked in a female geriatric ward.

This 6 p.m. performance (the company had already danced a matinee at 2) was a festive occasion, with dancers and audience joined in affection for a classic local institution.

But unless there's a tie, the edge goes to Mr. Washington, whose Troy Maxson is the central tragic figure in his play, and who, several voters said, nightly overcomes the audience's built-in affection for him as a movie star to bring a flawed character to life.

Banks is not unconditional in her affection for the girls in her audience — she expects them (especially on "Top Model") to apply themselves with vigor and to follow her example.

Wealthy investors with more than $1m in their accounts are unusual in their affection for trading individual shares, with 30 per cent or more of portfolios invested in single company positions, according to a study from E*Trade Financial.

His style is strongly visual, darkly comic and morbidly fixated, but it is rooted just as much in his affection for monsters and misfits (which in his movies often turn out to be the same thing).

His _________ is strongly visual, darkly comic and morbidly fixated, but it is rooted just as much in his affection for monsters and misfits (which in his movies often turn out to be the ________ thing).