Sentence examples similar to meriting affection from inspiring English sources
Since these performers merit affection and deserve encouragement, it's a frustrating experience.
At the other extreme, in the thankless baritone role of Tarquinius, Brian Mulligan's ringing, clear tone and bluff manner well merited both the affection and the scorn in the boos that greeted his curtain call.
Our fourth-annual most-overrated poll has a wide range of choices, critical and commercial favorites that, according to our informal survey of fellow staffers and contacts, didn't exactly merit all the affection showered on them.
Recent converts are often exceptionalists; it's important to remember that living creatures do not have to be unique to merit our interest and affection.
"Virtue or merit," on the other hand, is within the reach of "man only" (C 172), and that is because virtue or merit is tied to a special kind of affection that only humans possess.
Favors, says Reid, are naturally connected with the benevolent affection of gratitude; they are what merit this response.
He understands the cruelty of nature and yet he also remembers that the Earth merits a bit, a tiny bit, of real affection.
Also, the historian R. Shaw-Smith points to letters of Augustus to Tiberius that display affection towards Tiberius and high regard for his military merits.
