Endearment

(noun.) the act of showing affection.

整理:塔尼娅

• The offspring nestled to the parent; that parent, feeling the endearment and hearing the appeal, gathered her closer still. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Her lips murmured the words close on the grave-stone, murmured them in tones of passionate endearment, to the dead remains beneath. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Old Figs grew to be a name of kindness and endearment; and the sneak of an usher jeered at him no longer. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Can I bear the consciousness that every endearment he bestows is a sacrifice made on principle? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Such is the sole conjugal embrace I am ever to know--such are the endearments which are to solace my leisure hours! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Helena made a pretty grimace, and ordered Maurice back to his chair, which was at a safe distance, and did not admit of any embarrassing endearments. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The former feeling gradually gave way before the endearments of his ward, and the pride which he could not help nourishing in the fame of his son. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Paul petted and patted her; the endearments she received were not to be wondered at; she invited affection by her beauty and her vivacious life. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

整理:莱缪尔