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Examples of fondness in a Sentence
my fondness for you will never fail
I have a fondness for expensive chocolate.
Recent Examples on the Web
According to The Crown alum, her fondness for the genre died during a sleepover as a teenager.
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 1 July 2024
The Kremlin wants to weaken Biden so that Trump can win, given the latter candidate’s vocal fondness of Russia.
—Mikhail Zygar, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2024
Whether that’s true of viewers may depend on their fondness for him and his cohort, but there’s clearly no shortage of that all these years later.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 17 June 2024
There’s a reason Lady Danbury has a fondness for the most astute observer (and Whistledown devotee) in the family.
—Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024
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Jessica Wang, EW.com, 1 July 2024
The Kremlin wants to weaken Biden so that Trump can win, given the latter candidate’s vocal fondness of Russia.
—Mikhail Zygar, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2024
Whether that’s true of viewers may depend on their fondness for him and his cohort, but there’s clearly no shortage of that all these years later.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 17 June 2024
There’s a reason Lady Danbury has a fondness for the most astute observer (and Whistledown devotee) in the family.
—Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 16 May 2024
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“Fondness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fondness. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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