Read full poem →established against the temptations of Popery,
or a prince Popislily affected. Marvell added '
that he was not used to speak in the House, and
Dictionary Entry
To influence or alter.
In a Sentence
“The experience affected me deeply.”
Origin
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Poetry examples for “affected”
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Read full poem →the poetasters and the mincing courtiers, who set their hearts on
top-knots and affected movements of their lips and legs:—
Read full poem →To prosper out yb^r acts, were plagu*d \\}i^ fifth:
All's safe, and wise ; no stiff affected scene, '
Read full poem →remarkable a change in our language, we have teen and
read. It is an unnatural affected jargon, in whiefy
the perpetual use of metaphors, allusions, allegories,
Read full poem →And kindly gave her what she likËd best.
And I believe some wench thou hast affected,
But woods and groves keep your faults undetected.
Read full poem →I ne’er before felt heart and mind
So much affected through mine eyes.
How cognate with the flatter’d air,
Read full poem →“The body, the body—well, what of the body?—oh! ah! I
perceive. Why, sir, the body is not at all affected by the transaction. I
have made innumerable purchases of the kind in my day, and the parties
Read full poem →And yet behold the riffles spread, the lives
That are affected, and the secrets gained
Of lives she never knew of, as for that.
Read full poem →a spirit, life, thought, environment which have similarly come to us
and have similarly affected us.
Read full poem →Herbert's versification is frequently affected by
his manner of thinking. The compression of
