Sentence examples for usual affection from inspiring English sources

Behind the philosophy there was the man, for whom we all had greater than usual affection.

"They describe not feeling their usual affection for people close to them, and finding it hard to enjoy activities that they usually enjoy".

Keeping it neutral and devoid of the usual affection will act as another immediate alert that you're both serious and that something is up.

On the drive home from the airport, as Cairo streamed by, I felt the usual awe and affection for this great city.

The core of the word is affect, same as in affection; the usual sense is "to lose affection for".

Ms. Dukakis's Mother Courage is more of a mother than usual, a woman with palpable affection for the three children she keeps in harness (literally, since they pull her cart).

It is one of our commonest and most familiar birds, yet it is often overlooked and is rarely mentioned with the same affection as our usual favourites, such as the robin and blackbird.

The mutual affection overpowers it.

It's a subgenre that allows dramatists to be self-conscious show-offs – I mean, even more than usual – and to preen their command of, affection for and exasperation with their craft.

Over the course of the six weeks, we had met people who talked of further places, too – Kosovo, Ukraine and Moldova – with affection and without mentioning the usual tales of woe.

As usual with this style, the pictures express bohemian defiance and bittersweet affection for the young and reckless and the old and wounded.