| On reviewing the epoch-making events of the eighteenth century, we find a condition of affairs startling in its abnormity. |
| Indeed, she reads the paper and a variety of magazines regularly, and likes to keep abreast of current affairs. |
| His love for Sydney and his total absorption in the affairs of his adopted country never wavered. |
| To be sure, his later absorption in philosophy made him neglect his private affairs and he eventually fell to a level of comparative poverty. |
| Eventually Tocqueville's single-minded absorption in French affairs will lead him away from America altogether. |
| Half the knickers in my underwear drawer are heavy-duty, waist-high affairs which profess to give you a smooth behind. |
