"affection" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- At WKRP, Herb is considered a troublemaker and "general jackass" by his co-workers, but they all have a certain grudging affection for him.
- He had gained the grudging affection of some people by consistently hating Richard Nixon's guts from the very beginning.
- A note of grudging affection had crept into Colum's voice.
- She had a strange and grudging affection for the lecherous old woman.
- Yet he also maintained a healthy respect for Mundy's criminal talents, as well as a grudging affection for the master criminal himself.
- The strangest contortion of astonishment, pain, and reluctant and grudging affection twisted his face.
- The endlessly charming Mr. Bierko is a delight as Ben, whose clenched distaste for Hershel evolves into grudging affection.
- There was a grudging affection for its crumbling state.
- Who else could pull off Charlie's grudging affection for his long-lost son, a blond-haired tyke with Shirley Temple pluck, without making the audience gag on its popcorn?
- Emerson, whose feelings for his reprobate half-brother vacillated between grudging affection and violent annoyance, froze me with an icy blue stare.
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