They shared a deep and lasting affection and esteem for each other.

Dad, most people who met you instantly developed fond and lasting affection for you.

A series of unfortunate incidents leads to his mother dying in prison, and he fails to win the lasting affection of Ada.

"It's been a huge influence on my life, that such terrible conflict could resolve itself and leave such a deep, lasting affection."

The prospect of lasting affection is greater with Dusterandus.

She evidently held a deep and lasting affection for him.

"The circle of our nearest connections is the only one in which a faithful and lasting affection can be found," he wrote to Polly.

Whatever their experiences, most in the film display a lasting affection for the musical.

Disraeli wrote to a friend that these Acts "will gain and retain for the Conservatives the lasting affection of the working classes".

Catherine was also responsible for introducing the lasting affection for all things French to the Russian court.