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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Next time Miss Intelligent, Attractive, and Affectionate decides to stab you with her heel, scream bloody murder--and don't hold back.

  • 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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