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affection English
Meaning affection meaning
What does affection mean?
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Synonyms affection synonyms
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Topics affection topics
What do people use affection to talk about?
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What words refer to liking something?like have a liking for adore enjoy be fond of proud of someone fancy something have a fancy for take a fancy to care for have affection for admire look up to think highly of approve pleased admire appeals to you be to your liking go down well savor (v) luxuriate be happy with feel good toward feel good about
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What words refer to the feeling of liking something?
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What words refer to the feeling of love?
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What words refer to showing affection to someone?
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What are the outward signs of friendship?
Examples affection examples
How do I use affection in a sentence?
Simple sentences
The baby transferred its affection to its new mother.
He wants affection.
He felt great affection for his sister.
She is hungry for affection.
Jessie shook Joseph's hand and greeted him with affection.
Tom has a deep affection for Mary.
To maintain a friendship, there must be mutual affection.
Children need affection and love.
The citizens of this small community don't condone public displays of affection.
Everyone knows of his affection for that dog.
Love has been described as an affection curable by marriage.
All Tom needs is a little love and affection.
He won her affection.
She has a great affection for her parents.
Especially do not feign affection.
He shows warm affection for his children.
Who doesn't want love and affection?
We have often lightly made fun of our friend's affection for stoats.
At first, I was worried about Tom's growing affection for stoats, but after seeing his fascinating findings for myself, I realized that stoats are awesome and deserve every bit of attention they get.
Movie subtitles
Misora's love and the brotherly affection of the two queens,.. saved by Farandola, can not divert him from his studies.
The locals all have a deep affection for him, based on respect and gratitude.
I let my affection for him blind me in my sworn duty to the people of this state.
I have a fond affection for him myself.
Maybe in this case, affection of beautiful lady are free for me?
And present you, my dear boy, with this token of their affection and esteem.
Love, affection, Venus, the goddess of love.
Therefore, in consideration of your kindness I take pleasure at this time in presenting you with a small token of our esteem and affection.
For Isabella, she showed great affection. and presided over Thrushcross Grange. with quiet dignity.
It may be impudent, yet my courage is driven by my affection.
And you shall certainly understand such affection.
But with a girl of his own, full of warmth for him full of foolish, uncritical affection.
And, now, there's nothing for me - but, for me to assure you of the violence of my affection.
It would hardly promote sisterly affection or even delicacy of mind.
As a matter of record, tell me why a woman charged with important work should permit or aid the escape of a dangerous enemy, why she should dishonour the service, violate duty because of a casual affection for that man.
You know, promises of undying affection and all that sort of thing.
I got a great affection for my neck.
I must have affection.
But we hire some attractive girl to marry me. and when the time comes. she stages a pretty little scene over her erring husband. and sues Connie for alienation of affection.
It's as neat a case for alienation of affection. as I've ever seen, and we slap it on tomorrow!
I have a fond affection for him.
Every day, he grows nearer to her in counsel, closer in her affection.
He grows closer to her in affection, you say?
Myself, I have a great affection for rebels being frequently one myself.
You will assure the Queen of my patience and continued affection. to allay any suspicion in regard to our plans.
Jimmy Higgens, why all this love and affection?
How could you have refused him that small token of affection he must have pleaded for so touchingly?
So, in Paris, you can't show a man affection without.
Beatrix, I'm a very broad-minded man but I do wish Harry wouldn't make such demonstrations of affection in public even if you are going to marry him.
Otherwise it's bigamy, unfaithfulness, alienation of affection, corpus delicti.
My father plays on my gratitude, my affection.
My wife thought you needed money, my daughters thought you needed affection.
So, naturally, we have some affection.
You know how much affection I feel for the boy.. and for you.
News and current affairs
To be sure, Muslim-majority countries are not known for their affection for free speech.
More than one Chinese official has told me of holding hearty affection for North Korea's people.
Hirschman's framework, which is instructive in helping us to think about how loyalty and affection can be generated, suggests that it cannot.
The risk is that the comedy of misguided affection is resolved by punishing both the tempter and the tempted.
Observing the relationship between her father and stepmother, and their affection toward her half brothers, she is said to have become embittered and developed a fierce personality.
The nations of Asia have a particular affection for him, owing to the years he spent as a child in Indonesia.
PARIS - Israel is one of the only places in the world where Georges W. Bush can be greeted with real enthusiasm and even affection.
So, too, have protestors around the world made George W. Bush resemble Hitler, and mullahs throughout the Islamic world ritualistically harangue US presidents as earthly Satans, simultaneously noting their basic affection for the American people.