“He was most at home when working on the land and had a natural affinity with country people.”

“In its scale and details, Smith's building has an affinity to Richardson's 1875-1876 Hayden Building in Boston.”

“The case studies show an affinity between the impropriated services and the type of production in which the firm is engaged.”

“They were sisters, mothers, daughters, affines, rather than simply women in groups.”

“In addition to kins and affines, almost all the villagers are invited to join in.”

“That group includes affines, based upon the theological idea that as husband and wife were one, marriage to a sister-in-law was as incestuous as marriage to a sister.”

“The special argot bespoke a fraternity with shared affinities extending beyond child larcenists.”

“This in silico approach would be helpful in ranking textile dyes of the different classes based on their binding affinities.”

“It comprises several mafic, mafic-felsic and felsic intrusions with distinctive geochemical affinities and apparent radiometric ages.”