Sentence examples for won the affection from inspiring English sources

It also won the affection of Douglas's fellow-writers.

He won the affection of many residents by paying for block parties and throwing barbecues.

Paul won the affection not only of the Domingo family but of all who knew him.

Stoudemire won the affection of Knicks fans with one signature and one declaration: "The Knicks are back".

Despite their success, or perhaps because of it, the Williams sisters have not won the affection of many tennis fans.

FOR more than 30 years a cross-dresser with a razor-sharp wit and a merciless tongue has won the affection of millions of Turks.

According to the ICM poll for the Guardian, Clegg appears to have won the affections of voters across the board.

His music, which idiosyncratically marries a contemporary European aesthetic to a timeless Australian sense of place, has already won the affections of audiences and some brilliant musicians.

The painting contrasts "a provincial 'hick' who wears his hat even when indoors," the wall text says, with his "rival, the sophisticated man dressed in urban elegance, who has won the affections of the young lady".

Keynes had won the affections of Arthur Hobhouse, as well as Grant, both times falling out with a jealous Strachey for it.

The ever-Machiavellian Cat promises Kitty she will send for her, which she does a few months later, once the buxom teenage Cat has won the affections of the 50ish king.