Sentence examples for trace of affection from inspiring English sources

"He's a charismatic nut," said Dr. Kerr, with no trace of affection.

I was pleased to see Canada geese and pigeons included in his list, because in the Northeast, neophyte invasivores face some unappetizing possibilities, like the zebra mussel (too little meat and too much salmonella) and the unpleasant and unwanted freshwater algae, Didymosphenia geminata, commonly called didymo, or, with absolutely no trace of affection, rock snot.

The descriptor "quirky" is similar to a diminutive nickname: it carries affection and a trace of scorn a kind of effortful, warm-hearted condescension.

Mostel knew what he had given up and could represent it with affection as a trace of the past; Robbins was joyously discovering a cultural wealth that he'd been denied and that the show could display as a gleaming treasure — but crucially, one from long ago and far away.

FOR a place whose stones are stained with the tomato traces of so many critics -- critics of architecture, urbanism, acoustics -- Lincoln Center has inspired a good deal of affection.

Public displays of affection provide that visibility.

It is a term of affection.

It is an irreverent term of affection.

The dog knew no hierarchy of affection.

Cube reciprocates the sudden outpouring of affection.

"There's a lot of affection.