How to Use fondness in a Sentence

fondness

noun
  • I have a fondness for expensive chocolate.
  • Chen slides the drink across with a smile brimming with fondness.
    — Ingu Chen, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The four-star has not held back on his fondness for the program.
    — Kayla Harvey, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2021
  • What about forests, given my fondness for tree metaphors?
    — Elena Megalos, Longreads, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Even the fierce cadre of the young is observed with as much fondness as ridicule.
    — Dan Cryer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Two weeks into the project, she is thrilled by the kids' fondness for the bus.
    — Rahim Faiez, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Live in the Southwest or just have a fondness for the desert?
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 1 Dec. 2020
  • And Heath can talk about it all with an air of genuine fondness.
    — Alicia Delgallo, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 May 2017
  • But neither shares Fitzhugh’s fondness for work of any length.
    — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Despite their fondness for the complex, the cost came as a bit of a shock.
    — Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But her fondness for the project stems from something much deeper.
    — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 6 June 2019
  • Nelson is known for his braids, bandanas and fondness for buds.
    — NBC News, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Schoolmates teased him about his name and his fondness for sketching.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 14 June 2021
  • Jamie looks at me, fondness and something like regret in his warm brown eyes.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 12 June 2025
  • In the decade since that attempt, my fondness for omelets endures.
    — Megan Zhang, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
  • He will be missed by all his fans and remembered with great fondness by his friends.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
  • For all his screen work though, Wendt retained a deep fondness for the stage.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2025
  • But Lurie’s fondness for Hurts should not be downplayed.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • That last one is part of cable’s fondness for the odd and intriguing.
    — Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Of course, Princess Kate is not the only one with a fondness for jam.
    — Meredith Kile, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • That there are many, if not most, hunters that share a fondness for fowl of all types may surprise people.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2018
  • And returnees brought back their fondness for Australia in the form of brunch cafés.
    — Clarissa Wei, Bon Appétit, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The world’s fondness for matcha is about to be tested by steep price increases.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • His daughter knows this tale well — and his fondness for verbal sparring.
    — Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trump makes no secret of his fondness for F-Series.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The streamer is hardly alone in its fondness for reliving the past, of course.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • Her fondness for pink in the arts shaped the culture and taste of people across Europe.
    — Popular Science, 20 July 2023

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