Example sentences for: affectionate

How can you use “affectionate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • My girlfriend is intelligent, attractive, and affectionate.

  • For dear means beloved, affectionate, precious, and the like; but the exclamation Oh! dear! is one that denotes something very different, something that is lamentable or calamitous, and very far from being pleasant.

  • Yet, we do cruel things to animals--smart animals, affectionate animals, cute animals--all the time.

  • You would, however, receive an affectionate reception if you were a domestic animal--sorry again, the term preferred by animal lovers is "date."

  • Elsewhere in the world of politics and culture, George W. Bush yesterday was reported by Maureen Dowd, in an unusually affectionate mood, to have not been to see a movie in five years.


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