André had sat by and watched what was supposed to be a onetime thing blossom into a full-blown affair between the senator and his junior staffer.

It wasn't at all unusual for brief courtships or even full-blown affairs to spring up between Heralds or Trainees and members of the highborn families.

In the coming days, Paola and Guido's once-casual reunion escalates into a full-blown passionate affair played out in rented rooms.

Their smoldering crush quickly ignites into a full-blown affair, though Jenna preserves a measure of decorum by continuing to address him as "Doctor Pomatter."

I got married in January 2000 and by April I was in a full-blown affair.

As for Nick's big brother, she'd long since crossed all professional boundaries with him, into what could only be termed a full-blown affair.

This is my friend's second marriage, but at her fiance's insistence, she is once again having a full-blown formal affair--including all the gift registries.

It certainly had the look, to the impartial observer, of a full-blown affair.

So why not a full-blown affair, the Democrat said.

It was not a full-blown affair.