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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Olmo and Miguel are good kids, and there’s a tender, amused fondness to the late-’70s vibe that permeates the movie.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Since the start of their relationship in 2016, the two have shared a fondness for cycling.
    — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 26 July 2019
  • 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
  • But the Simpsons’ fondness for the arts includes music, too.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The streamer is hardly alone in its fondness for reliving the past, of course.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021

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