But beneath these caricatures lies a haunting tenderness, a spontaneous affection for what seems outwardly unlovable.

Joyner-Kersee seemed to appreciate the spontaneous affection.

They still knew that the interest they took in their business was a trifling affair compared to their spontaneous, long-suffering affection for nautical sports.

Charlie remembers Cat when she was a magical, ragged waif, entrancing all who knew her with her spontaneous affection and honesty.

With a pang which Ken had to admit was jealousy, he realized that Todd had never smiled at him with such spontaneous affection.

She went to the top of the stairs, then spun round and rushed back to hug Maggie Byrne with spontaneous affection.

"Lamont will learn to relate to women with less anger and anxiety," the report promised, "and will exhibit more real spontaneous affection."

Though she was never quite sure how to respond to the spontaneous affection, Willa smiled when Sarah kissed her cheek.

The oxen are rendered with a spontaneous affection that is not always found among the charcoal portraits on thick Whatman paper that he was to make by the score in London, allotting roughly two hours to each sitter.

The spontaneous affection that had been so charming in him as a child gave way to a different kind of adoration, at once tender and cunning.