Sentence examples for modern affection from inspiring English sources

"Success would show itself as a geyser of crimson blood gushing from the whale's blowhole, which caused whalemen to cry out, 'Chimney's afire!' " Given our modern affection for whales, you might wonder if the whalemen felt any pangs of conscience.

Formation of affection Modern people had no reason to have affection to what they possess, as they easily buy things and discard them.

Still, it spoils nothing to say that Crowe is looking at subjects that have long interested her: group coercion and the effect that modern technology has on affections, time and concentration.

But perhaps now that the definitional crisis in "emotion" theories has reached a new peak, the time has come to reinstate in psychological science some version of that distinction between "passions" and "affections" which structured modern thought about mind and morality for so many centuries.

Old-fashioned piano melodies swoon beneath swarms of modern keyboard effects, while Animal Collective's affection for guitars grows stronger than ever.

Even as Scott mimics Jonathan Richman's idiosyncratic vocal style for a verse of The Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner," it's with affection.

But his affection found a softer, more modern expression in the collages he made, starting in 1918 when the medium was barely a decade old.

Their so-called great rapprochement emerged from a long period of mistrust and hostility that stands in contrast to modern perceptions of their cultural similarities, mutual affection and inherently shared interests.

By anyone's canon, Dr. Greene is clearly well read, and she has as much affection for classical works as for modern ones.

Following advice from the airport's information office, I hopped a taxi into town and headed for the Tunjungan Hotel — a big, generic, modern building for which I could find no affection.

We need to be much clearer about our love and affection for the signs and symbols of modern England.