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adjective

affecting

stirring the emotions; deeply moving

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Six example sentences with affecting, each labelled with its topic.

  • The most affecting scene has no dialog at all, only a mother folding the clothes her son has outgrown.

    Movies

  • The quartet's slow movement is more affecting live, where you can hear the players breathing between phrases.

    Music

  • The most affecting picture in the exhibit shows an empty schoolroom, and visitors stand in front of it silently.

    Photography

  • The most affecting chapter is the shortest, two pages in which the old dog waits by the gate.

    Literature

  • The affecting sculpture shows a child's shoe cast in bronze, and visitors stop talking when they reach it.

    Art

  • The most affecting moment of the trip was an old woman at the station who handed us her own umbrella.

    Travel

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