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 | Mwake@al.com, 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
  • The death was attributed to a liver ailment, which veterans said had nothing to do with Siwash’s fondness for beer.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
  • The vibe: Daytrip’s fondness for Disco Age nostalgia still reigns in a color scheme that’s Heinz mustard-yellow and an actual disco ball hanging from the ceiling.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 May 2025

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