In a sentence
Six example sentences with affect, each labelled with its topic.
The intake notes described a flat affect: she answered every question correctly while her face never changed.
Psychology
Silent-film actors had to carry every shade of affect in the face alone, without a single line of dialog.
Movies
Nurses chart mood and affect separately, since a patient may report feeling fine while showing none of it outwardly.
Medicine
The narrator reports every event with the same flat affect, and readers learn to fear whatever she describes calmly.
Literature
The portrait's power lies in its affect: the sitter's face holds grief and amusement at the very same instant.
Art
Jurors are told to weigh testimony rather than affect, yet a witness's trembling voice persuades more than her words.
Law
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