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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
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Yet, the hater was at his most affecting when confronted with obsessive love, a feeling that commingles warmth with disdain.
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Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Indeed, among the movie’s more affecting scenes are those in which Fegan’s victims are clearly moved to meet the real Tegan, despite — or perhaps because of — the humiliating experiences that (sort of) involved her.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
One of the most affecting and moldable cinematic templates, found footage movies soared in popularity following The Blair Witch Project’s debut 25 years ago — but the subgenre had already been percolating for nearly 40 years before that.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024
Perhaps the most affecting moment of the Democratic Party’s nominating convention was the speech given by the parents of Hamas hostage and U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Sep. 2024
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Brandon Sanchez, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Indeed, among the movie’s more affecting scenes are those in which Fegan’s victims are clearly moved to meet the real Tegan, despite — or perhaps because of — the humiliating experiences that (sort of) involved her.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
One of the most affecting and moldable cinematic templates, found footage movies soared in popularity following The Blair Witch Project’s debut 25 years ago — but the subgenre had already been percolating for nearly 40 years before that.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2024
Perhaps the most affecting moment of the Democratic Party’s nominating convention was the speech given by the parents of Hamas hostage and U.S. citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Affecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affecting. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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