Sentence examples for sort of affectionate from inspiring English sources
Though it displays far less aggression, "Creature Comforts" exists as a sort of affectionate "Borat," making fun of unsophisticated Americans, as it leaves you feeling not quite as complicit in the exploitation.
Mortmain is a brilliantly conceived character, appalling but charismatic, a sort of affectionate tyrant with a penchant for biscuits, continually trying to trick everyone, and himself, into thinking he's writing again.
Edith Roosevelt, who in time reached the sort of affectionate modus vivendi with Alice that Nancy Reagan at last managed with Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman's daughter, Maureen, saw the bride off by saying: "I want you to know I am glad to see you leave.
Young men now seem to have reached a sort of affable affectionate ease with women that escaped earlier generations.
MILLER -- You develop a kind of affectionate objectivity about it.
"He (Hitler) smiled very pleasantly and indeed had a sort of appealing and affectionate look in his eyes.
One fan even brought a sign dumping on "dem bums", an affectionate, sort of, nickname for the Dodgers.
The best Hollywood animations (Toy Story, Shrek, The Incredibles) manage to be at once witty, irreverent and affectionate - the sort of kids' films that parents can enjoy.
Perhaps bring down the number of turkeys who'll be part of the Thanksgiving celebration, in that more traditional, less affectionate or reverential, sort of way.
I wouldn't be so affectionate about this sort of thing had I not just spent the last month on tour driving around Canada and the United States, taking in its pristine vistas and awe-inspiring traffic.
