AFFECTIVE in a Sentence

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He bitterly deplored the false pride which led his friend to a conduct so little worthy of the affection that united them.

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 Meanings and Examples of AFFECTIVE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
affective
 a.  sentimental; emotional; emotionally charged
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  But the paralysis, the bruise of the too-great shock, was gradually spreading in his affective self.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  Remember me with affection, should you never hear from me again.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
3  My affection for my guest increases every day.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
4  He bitterly deplored the false pride which led his friend to a conduct so little worthy of the affection that united them.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  There was a considerable difference between the ages of my parents, but this circumstance seemed to unite them only closer in bonds of devoted affection.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  Much as they were attached to each other, they seemed to draw inexhaustible stores of affection from a very mine of love to bestow them upon me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
7  She died calmly, and her countenance expressed affection even in death.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
8  I wished, as it were, to procrastinate all that related to my feelings of affection until the great object, which swallowed up every habit of my nature, should be completed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
9  I felt also sentiments of joy and affection revive in my bosom; my gloom disappeared, and in a short time I became as cheerful as before I was attacked by the fatal passion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
10  When my dearest aunt died every one was too much occupied in their own grief to notice poor Justine, who had attended her during her illness with the most anxious affection.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  Ten thousand thanks to Henry for his kindness, his affection, and his many letters; we are sincerely grateful.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  Enter the house of mourning, my friend, but with kindness and affection for those who love you, and not with hatred for your enemies.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  She welcomed me with the greatest affection.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
14  A tear seemed to dim her eye when she saw us, but she quickly recovered herself, and a look of sorrowful affection seemed to attest her utter guiltlessness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
15  Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
Example Sentence: (180 in 13 pages)
16  Her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened.
17  He gave me a necklace as a token of his affection.
18  She sought solitude, and avoided us when in gaiety and unrestrained affection we met in a family circle.
19  They were not bound to regard with affection a thing that could not sympathise with one amongst them.
20  Will we at last forget ourselves result from the continuous affectation.
21  Almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to.
22  Road development in the area has been severely affected by the conservation programmes of the council.
23  We tend to assume that everybody has a car these days and will be affected by these increases.
24  The trade union movement was swept along by the same tidal wave of patriotism which affected the country as a whole.
25  The whole food chain is affected by the over-use of chemicals in agriculture.
26  It's difficult to quantify how many people will be affected by the change in the law.
27  People were concerned that pets or wildlife could be affected by the pesticides.
28  Trading has been adversely affected by the downturn in consumer spending.
29  Each of us in turn had to describe how alcohol had affected our lives.
30  Development has affected vast swathes of our countryside.