Example Sentences

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Ms. Hruska writes affectingly of the Polish-Jewish author Bruno Schulz, who translated “The Trial” in 1936.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

You may be surprised how affectingly, and empoweringly, the film uses the then-ubiquitous TikToks of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 11, 2023

The German director’s “Amour” — a co-production with the Münchner Kammerspiele theater, in Munich, where it will run in late October — is as affectingly tender as her earlier Salzburg outing was grimly savage.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2023

So much so that when a character in Ritchie’s new war film set in the country, the affectingly emotional “The Covenant,” mentions an IED, the words “improvised explosive device” helpfully pop up on screen.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

She disclaims vengeance, and affectingly tells him all her future views.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Richardson, Samuel