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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 of fondness from the Web
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Wochit WAUSAU - Growing up near the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois, Mike Pierce of Wausau developed a deep and abiding fondness for duck hunting.
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Ebulliently unfiltered, Beatrice has a fondness for cigarettes, booze, steak — and a good argument.
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N.O. DNA: The reaction to Eyzaguirre's firing was just the latest manifestation of New Orleanians' fondness for this outpost of haute cuisine, which sits in the middle of New Orleans' bawdiest thoroughfare.
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A new fondness for pop star Demi Lovato seems to be brewing.
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It was never meant to denigrate Nadal—about whom our longstanding admiration and personal fondness has never wavered.
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And, in a stark landscape of black rock and white ice, people who spend time here invariably develop a fondness for costumes.
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Yet somehow those imperfections have engendered, if not a fondness, then at least a familiarity with my own features in a way long hair never could.
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There was nothing quite like '80s fashion, with its whimsical earrings, velour tube tops, and all-neon-everything—and no pastime quite as entertaining as looking back on all of these distinct styles with fondness (and some distance).
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First Known Use of fondness
14th century
fondness Synonyms
Synonyms
affection, attachment, devotedness, devotion, love, passionAntonyms
abomination, hate, hatred, loathing, rancorRelated Words
appetite, fancy, favor, like, liking, partiality, preference, relish, taste; craving, crush, desire, infatuation, longing, lust, yearning; ardor, eagerness, enthusiasm, fervor, zeal; appreciation, esteem, estimation, regard, respect; adoration, adulation, deification, idolatry, idolization, worship; allegiance, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, steadfastnessNear Antonyms
allergy, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, disfavor, dislike, enmity, hostility; abhorrence, disgust, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion; misanthropyLearn More about fondness
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