Sano gazed at Tsunehiko with exasperated affection.

Rejoining him is like a reunion with an old friend for whom we feel an exasperated affection.

Men, she thought with exasperated affection.

At first they had been greeted with disgust; then with forbearance, as they fought without restraint; then with exasperated affection.

Núria Gago plays the lead, nursing a prickly and exasperated affection for her mother, and still fascinated in her hometown, in spite of herself.