Sentence examples for material affection from inspiring English sources

These surfaces, too, bore a story of material affection and regret.

The mountainous material display of affection common at the pre-celebration of birth is something I had experienced at my own shower.

"These objects show affection made material by transfiguring artistry," she said, speaking in religious terms.

The director, BT McNicholl, has done a superb job of synchronizing the comedy while approaching the material with freshness and affection.

In the second act, kitted out like a rapper with a penchant for tinfoil, she imbues her borrowed material with so much affection that you almost – almost – want to re-examine the output of Lloyd Webber in the light of her gutsy interpretation.

It discovers the persistent flame of a stubborn candle--Ruthie Bolton's endurance--amid a poverty of affection and material goods that is almost impossible for a reader to comprehend.

All that matters is genuine affection for the material and the talent to interweave it all with grace.

The musical's authors, Jeff Whitty ("Avenue Q") and the songwriting team from the band Scissor Sisters, Jake Shears and John Garden, obviously have great affection for the material.

"Succeeding in period pieces has as much to do with an affection for the material as it does with an affinity for it," he said.

The twinkle of self-regard in the actors' eyes as they deliver these gems is also the glow of affection for the material.

What you get for free with this material is the audience's affection, because you're sending yourself up; and the kind of easy laughter generated by recognisable (and safe, because they're self-authored) cultural, ethnic or religious stereotypes.