How to Use affair in a Sentence

affair

noun
  • How I choose to live is my affair, not yours.
  • After the war, the government focused on its own domestic affairs.
  • They accused the U.S. of interfering in the internal affairs of other nations.
  • Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels and paying her to stay quiet.
    Jon Healey Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Loomer was put in the position of having to deny an affair with the candidate.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Frida’s life was marked by contradictions, struggles, affairs and myths.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The former president has denied any wrongdoing and having an affair with Daniels.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The former president has denied any wrongdoing, including any affair with Daniels.
    Caroline Linton, Graham Kates, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Bravo had finished filming the currently airing 10th season, but fired up cameras again to catch the fallout from the affair among the cast in real time.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The first half of the second quarter was a back-and-forth affair.
    C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • The stars were out for a black-tie affair in the Big Apple on Thursday night.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The clip has nothing to do with the current state of affairs with Clinton.
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
  • Thereafter, both throw caution to the wind and engage in a messy affair for the ages.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2024
  • The project, with playwright David Ives writing the book, was an on-again, off-again affair.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Well, there will soon be a new musical on the whole affair.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The man involved in the affair is a doctor and influencer.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Mark Kelly The course of world affairs may depend on the price of a box of cereal.
    William A. Galston, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels and has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The gathering proved to be a meta affair, more about process than substance.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • For lunch and dinner, the restaurant is a more formal affair.
    Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2024
  • Trump has pleaded not guilty in the New York case and denies having an affair with Daniels.
    Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 11 June 2023
  • As for decor at their affair, the couple wanted to keep it simple.
    Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • An event at the Avant family home wasn’t a stodgy affair with canapes, friends recalled.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the countess has her own string of steamy affairs with women.
    Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Finding a store that’s open and can come to your rescue can be a hit or miss affair, but there are a few options.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Peter Van Sant: Is there any doubt in your mind that the two of them were having a romantic affair?
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • But at the height of their whirlwind affair, Miko abruptly vanished.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 22 July 2024
  • Kidman and Efron have played lovers before, in 2012’s The Paperboy, but this one should be a much lighter affair.
    Ben Rosenstock, TIME, 21 May 2024
  • Although the lead-up to the grand final proved to be chaotic, the main event was a relatively smooth affair.
    Chantelle Lee, TIME, 12 May 2024
  • Dour demeanors aside, there was never any sense that the concert was simply a plug-and-play affair.
    Andrew Barker, Variety, 22 May 2024

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