How to Use fondness in a Sentence

fondness

noun

• I have a fondness for expensive chocolate.
• Live in the Southwest or just have a fondness for the desert?
  — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 1 Dec. 2020
• Two weeks into the project, she is thrilled by the kids' fondness for the bus.
  — Rahim Faiez, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2018
• The four-star has not held back on his fondness for the program.
  — Kayla Harvey, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2021
• Joe Biden has a fondness for sports cars and ice cream.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
• Even the fierce cadre of the young is observed with as much fondness as ridicule.
  — Dan Cryer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• Of course, Princess Kate is not the only one with a fondness for jam.
  — Meredith Kile, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
• Despite their fondness for the complex, the cost came as a bit of a shock.
  — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
• Chen slides the drink across with a smile brimming with fondness.
  — Ingu Chen, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
• For all his screen work though, Wendt retained a deep fondness for the stage.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
• Don’t think Tom couldn’t hear the cries of those who had a fondness for whomever was No. 2.
  — Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2022
• And returnees brought back their fondness for Australia in the form of brunch cafés.
  — Clarissa Wei, Bon Appétit, 22 Oct. 2021
• Her fondness for pink in the arts shaped the culture and taste of people across Europe.
  — Popular Science, 20 July 2023
• Your fondness for Taylor Swift comes up a lot in your act.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2022
• His fondness only grew as a U-M student in the mid-1980s.
  — Freep.com, 11 Apr. 2021
• Yet on a night that most of us will look back on with fondness, four teenagers were stabbed to death in London.
  — Bob Geldof, Time, 25 Apr. 2018
• But neither shares Fitzhugh’s fondness for work of any length.
  — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2021
• Lott did not grow up in a family with a fondness for guns.
  — Mike Spies, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2022
• During the 1980s even some U.K. bands expressed in song their fondness for red, white and blue spoils.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 2 July 2020
• Gale also recalled the Back to the Future sets with fondness.
  — EW.com, 6 Feb. 2025
• The business itself, as well as its name, reflect their fondness for both the area and a good cup of joe.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 15 Feb. 2022
• Lerwick, who has a fondness for him still, wore a Kennedy campaign hat, a sash and a navy blue skirt.
  — The Daily Astorian, OregonLive.com, 2 June 2018
• Bertuzzi scores Bertuzzi picked up his 13th goal of the season because of his fondness for being around the net.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2022
• Ronnie Van Zandt, lead singer/face of the group, had an active fondness for Jack Daniel’s.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2021
• Both Song and Lee have a fondness for the place, as well as the neighborhood and New York in general.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2023
• Sherman has a fondness for the Stoics’ approach to life.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2023
• That last one is part of cable’s fondness for the odd and intriguing.
  — Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 13 Mar. 2020
• But her fondness for the project stems from something much deeper.
  — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 6 June 2019
• Jamie looks at me, fondness and something like regret in his warm brown eyes.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 12 June 2025
• While no date for a meeting between the two leaders has been set, their longtime fondness has long caused widespread alarm across the West.
  — Keir Simmons, NBC news, 20 May 2025