How to Use fondness in a Sentence

fondness

noun

• I have a fondness for expensive chocolate.
• 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
• 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
• Lott did not grow up in a family with a fondness for guns.
  — Mike Spies, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Most of the viewers who helped make those movies hits are still alive, and there’s a lot of fondness for this character.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 May 2023
• He will be missed by all his fans and remembered with great fondness by his friends.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
• The moral center of the clan is Esther’s father, Aaron, who has a special fondness for Paul.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2022
• Williams has a fondness for the franchise and city and believes the feeling is mutual.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2023
• And Gomez still looks back at her time on Wizards of Waverly Place with a great deal of fondness.
  — Seventeen, 30 June 2022
• In her own remarks at the ceremony, Cox looked back at her time on the show with fondness.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2023
• My husband had no fondness for smut, for assaults on the sacred.
  — Marie Ndiaye, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• Given the wide cultural fondness for Gene Wilder’s famed take, that would be no easy task.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
• How many mothers of Black boys in 1970 could make that announcement with as much fondness?
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Kittle talked about his fondness for wrestling and alter egos, with one arm tattooed with good guys and one with bad guys.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2024
• Salmond governed Scotland with a twinkle in his eye and had a fondness for smutty jokes.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• The seed that fostered Burnham's fondness for the gridiron was planted in second grade.
  — Douglas Clark Usa Today Ventures Events, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022
• Yet beyond all the games, Angell held a special fondness for his essays on fans.
  — New York Times, 23 May 2022
• And nobody seems to have demonstrated a fondness for neutrals this year more than Meghan Markle.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
• But Sher asked Sorkin to reconsider, given fan fondness for the score.
  — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• Still, Spears depicts her home town with golden fondness.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2023
• Despite his fondness for tradition, Kevin is very aware the world is changing.
  — Sarah Marshall, Travel, 23 Jan. 2024
• Jokić copped to a fondness for Coke by the litre and for burek, a Serbian pastry usually filled with meat or cheese.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• As your fondness for the owner diminishes, so, too, may the cleanings.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• Despite her fondness for reminiscing, Forsythe isn't stuck in the past.
  — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• Jones’ apparent fondness for guns also put him on the radar of law enforcement at least two times.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2022
• One is that there’s a little bit of fondness for rules that comes with the German culture that doesn’t really play in the 21st century.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024
• And their fondness for Payne won’t change the annual wagering on the rivalry game.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024