Sentence examples for soft affection from inspiring English sources

In a speech that traced his history from a subversive lieutenant starting his "revolutionary" movement within the army, to a failed coup against him in 2002, and then this year's campaign, the president employed his usual mix of combative rhetoric and soft affection for the masses.

Ilka saw Jenny looking at her with her soft, anxious affection and thought, Jenny will die.

The juxtaposition of stark letters with a soft heart captured both the toughness and vulnerability people loved about New York City, she said and their deep affection for a place on the verge of collapse.

The juxtaposition of stark letters with a soft heart captured both the toughness and vulnerability people loved about New York City, she said — and their deep affection for a place on the verge of collapse.

The work of the 30's is sharp and geometric enough for entry into the modernist club yet never insistently or strictly stripped down; Shinzo always harbored an affection for soft effects, tonal gradations, ragged shadows, blurred backgrounds.

She also greeted traumatized dogs with affection and soft alpha confidence, teaching them how to play, and getting big kisses from these dogs at later times.

The same directness and bustle is present in her interaction with the children, but it is softer and laden with affection.

On the odd occasions we mention it, it's brutal and jars us out of the soft-focus nostalgia and affection we've settled into in our day-to-day exchanges.

The Serb's voice was soft and warm, tinged with affection.

Some researchers have suggested that attachment-avoidant people respond better to "soft" displays of security and affection, like listening and showing dependability, than grand displays of love.

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.