Sentence example with the word 'affected'

affected

afflicted, contrived, euphuistic, goody, illegitimate, make-believe, overinvolved, pretentious, sham, supposititious, unnatural

Definition adj. acted upon

Last update: August 13, 2015


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He showed affected feelings of sadness when his uncle died.   [adjective]

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Setch is one of a generation of leading British artists whose work was fundamentally affected by American abstract expressionism in the late 1950s.   [verb]

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"All language is excusable in those affected with the malady of the sea," replied the Frenchman, dancing a little to encourage his friend.   [verb]

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Well, young man," replied his visitor, in a tone of seriousness very different from his affected gravity, "be comforted.   [Please select]

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When one of them shakes, all the others are more or less affected.   [verb]

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Nearly every organ of the body is affected in one way or another.   [verb]

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Duncan affected not to comprehend the meaning of their repeated and violent interrogatories, while his companion was spared the effort of a similar deception by his ignorance of French.   [verb]

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Magua approached the horses, and affected to be well pleased with the diligence and ingenuity of his comrades.   [verb]

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