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Examples of affecting in a Sentence
He begins his book with an affecting description of his difficult childhood.
the affecting final scene in the play, when the children are reunited with their father
Recent Examples on the Web
In all the ways Poor Things was excessive, Kinds of Kindness is ascetic, but not in an affecting way.
Is Kinds of Kindness an allegory?
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 May 2024
Some of the most affecting moments in the film are those in which Touda sings aita, a folkloric genre of Moroccan music rooted in a poetry of liberation.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Despite the refrain of the absent father, Suleiman’s relationship with his mother is the most affecting in the novel.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
Throughout the song, the stage increasingly lit up — coming out of near darkness to technicolor — to create an affecting moment paralleling the song's lyrics, which in part finds Joel reflecting on his own legacy to his fans.
—Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
Water From Your Eyes deliver a fully unplugged take on the tune that’s no less affecting when stripped down to Nate Amos’ acoustic guitar and Rachel Brown’s vocals.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
Both are among the most affecting reckonings with national traumas that American musicians have ever made.
—The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
But the care with which singer-guitarist Justin Trosper and drummer Sara Lund approached the project following bassist Vern Rumsey’s death was the most affecting part of it all.
—Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2023
Viewers have family: the story told will be all the more affecting.
—Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 May 2024
Some of the most affecting moments in the film are those in which Touda sings aita, a folkloric genre of Moroccan music rooted in a poetry of liberation.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Despite the refrain of the absent father, Suleiman’s relationship with his mother is the most affecting in the novel.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
Throughout the song, the stage increasingly lit up — coming out of near darkness to technicolor — to create an affecting moment paralleling the song's lyrics, which in part finds Joel reflecting on his own legacy to his fans.
—Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
Water From Your Eyes deliver a fully unplugged take on the tune that’s no less affecting when stripped down to Nate Amos’ acoustic guitar and Rachel Brown’s vocals.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2024
Both are among the most affecting reckonings with national traumas that American musicians have ever made.
—The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
But the care with which singer-guitarist Justin Trosper and drummer Sara Lund approached the project following bassist Vern Rumsey’s death was the most affecting part of it all.
—Pitchfork, 20 Dec. 2023
Viewers have family: the story told will be all the more affecting.
—Pablo Sandoval, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023
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“Affecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affecting. Accessed 21 May. 2024.
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