Sentence examples for seek affection from inspiring English sources

Beware of prosperity, friend, and seek affection.

Denied paternal love, Commodus must seek affection elsewhere, from the public, his guards, even his sister.

They don't seek affection or love, and they don't like to be petted.

Last month a priest was suspended from his parish in Trento after apparently defending paedophilia during a live TV interview, arguing that "children often seek affection".

But the girl's detailed diaries, one investigator said, painted a picture of what seemed to be an equally harrowing life in Harlem, that of a child who seemed driven to seek affection from strangers, mostly older men.

"We both bluff, exaggerate, ignore; maintain alliances, betray loyalties, reward courage, seek affection; we annoy one another out of boredom; we mock our betters; we respond to flattery; we punish and humiliate those we can, and with those we can't we cultivate appearances.

Though it initially seeks affection, the monster inspires loathing in everyone who meets it.

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music with "Kontakthof," a work about men and women awkwardly seeking affection in a dance hall.

Smarting from constant injustice, Kieron seeks affection from his grandparents, continuing to visit them even after his family has moved to a housing scheme.

As they stood facing each other, Mr. Varone burrowed his head into Mr. Hahn's chest like a puppy seeking affection.

The picaresque tale revolves around a lovable trickster, seeking affection through helpfulness, whose journey ends when he finds his true calling on the stage.