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Discover Ludwig"showed affection" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to display or demonstrate feelings of love, affection, or tenderness towards someone or something. Example 1: The couple held hands and showed affection for each other, even after being married for twenty years. Example 2: The dog wagged its tail and licked its owner's face, showing affection in its own special way. Example 3: The child hugged her teddy bear tightly and showed affection towards it, treating it like a real friend. Example 4: The elderly couple sat on the park bench, holding hands and showing affection towards each other as they watched the sunset. Example 5: The mother kissed her baby's forehead and whispered words of love, showing affection towards her child.
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"People showed affection.
"They'd tell me they showed affection in other ways," he explained.
Decades later, local people showed affection for my brother, too, but I knew that many were scared of him.
Others showed affection for popular-music syncopations and dance movement (works by Kate Sullivan and George Higgs).
By now, they were big enough so that Morsi tolerated their presence; occasionally, he even showed affection.
ABC also showed affection for projects that have some connection to its parent company, the Walt Disney Company, with two new dramas.
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Capacity for showing affection?
She knew how to show affection only to her dogs.
You can also communicate your support of one another nonverbally through body language that shows affection.
But Martínez, a three-time Cy Young award winner, continues to show affection for the Yankees.
For the first time, they began showing affection for each other in public.
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