Example sentences for: affectionate

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

  • 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."

  • No saint of his time or country had more frequent or affectionate intercourse than Cuthbert with the nuns, whose numbers and influence were daily increasing among the Anglo-saxons, and especially in Northumberland.

  • The Brits now appreciate his many good works and his affectionate fathering.

  • That is not to say that Bailey has remained coolly aloof from his subject, for everywhere the reader can sense the affectionate warmth he brings to his subject.


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