affair

[əˈfer]

Definition:
1. A vaguely specified concern.
2. A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship.
3. A vaguely specified social event.

Use 'affair' in a sentence:

• 1. Her mistake was to blab about their affair.
• 2. He ordered an investigation into the affair.
• 3. Their love affair was played out against the backdrop of war.
• 4. She refused to answer questions that infringed on her private affairs.
• 5. He denied his father's rumoured love affair.
• 6. Evidently, she had nothing to do with the whole affair.
• 7. She openly flaunted her affair with the senator.
• 8. The debate was a pretty disappointing affair.
• 9. The whole affair is still shrouded in secrecy.
• 10. She is having an affair with her boss.
• 11. She achieved notoriety for her affair with the senator.
• 12. This state of affairs lasted without intermission for a hundred years.
• 13. The administration has mishandled the whole affair.
• 14. The dinner was a formal affair.
• 15. She began a torrid love affair with a theatrical designer.
• 16. He was always very discreet about his love affairs.
• 17. How did this unhappy state of affairs come about?
• 18. Their affair was driven by pure lust.
• 19. Don't tell me how to manage my affairs.
• 20. But this isn't a simple black and white affair, Marianne.
• 21. She faced the humiliation of discussing her husband's affair.
• 22. The base of tax is the national public affair function. including the service function and management function.
• 23. He had no right to meddle in her affairs.
• 24. Unfortunately, I don't think we've heard the last of this affair.
• 25. He never spoke publicly about the affair.
• 26. The affair could tarnish the reputation of the senator.
• 27. She had become brazen about the whole affair.
• 28. The reception was a subdued affair.
• 29. He was completely unaware of the whole affair.
• 30. He had to settle his affairs in Paris before he could return home.
• 31. The affair hardly reflected well on the president.
• 32. The whole affair was blown up out of all proportion.
• 33. They resent foreign interference in the internal affairs of their country.
• 34. The government had blundered in its handling of the affair.
• 35. The wedding will be a very low-key affair.
• 36. This was another example of press intrusion into the affairs of the royals.
• 37. How I spend my money is my affair.
• 38. He denied all knowledge of the affair.
• 39. The whole affair ended in tragedy.
• 40. It was common gossip that they were having an affair.
• 41. This region continues to occupy centre stage in world affairs.
• 42. I must put my affairs in order.
• 43. She wanted the celebration to be a simple family affair.
• 44. Lunch was a leisurely affair.
• 45. Is it a white-tie affair?
• 46. She wanted to put her affairs in order before she died.
• 47. An independent body has been set up to investigate the affair.
• 48. News of his affair eventually reached her ears.
• 49. The newspapers exaggerated the whole affair wildly.
• 50. Our results should be a good approximation to the true state of affairs.
• 51. I looked after my father's financial affairs.
• 52. I must arrange my financial affairs and make a will.
• 53. His financial affairs were in complete disorder.
• 54. Their wedding was a very low-key affair.
• 55. His confession involved a number of other politicians in the affair.