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affectation sentence examples

  • Affectation of indifference i began to chop idly at the ground in front of me with my hatchet.
  • He also has a good many violent affectations, wherein lies much of the appeal of the classic freak show.
  • It has sunk into an empty parade; it is a mere affectation of humility, an apology and excuse for something better.
  • Affectation of many words in prayer.
  • Benedict wisely plays his part in a stolid, straightforward manner; titmuss goes for sweet sadness but produces only girlish affectation.
  • You must know, " said teddy, with a great affectation of being particular, " mr.
  • Perhaps it was the soft light - but the advanced age seemed more an affectation than a true tyranny of the years.
  • We all agree that they're decent songwriters, but some of their vocal affectations to me are really annoying.
  • Juan, it's not his name, yet to keep calling him the unconscious argentinean would be a silly affectation.
  • Don't indicate - it is an unnecessary affectation.
  • Perhaps any search for common ground between the greeks and ourselves is similarly a romantic affectation.

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