Example Sentences

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He responded with an affectionateness that was almost human.

From A Manifest Destiny by Magruder, Julia

Very tentative they were, for he had become a boy of subdued passions, and potential rather than actual affectionateness.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

What impression would the brightness, sweetness, and affectionateness of Jesus have made on the temper and disposition of John?

From Personal Friendships of Jesus by Miller, J. R. (James Russell)

There was an affectionateness in the mere outside of every one of them.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

His affectionateness, purity, simplicity—a simplicity so perfect that it seemed divine—surrounded his greatness with an atmosphere of light and beauty.

From Records of Later Life by Kemble, Fanny