Examples of fondness in a Sentence
my fondness for you will never fail
I have a fondness for expensive chocolate.
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Forever Friends Pink-blush alstroemeria represents enduring fondness.
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
The series retains its fondness for rapid-fire, near-impenetrable finance jargon and for ostentatious literary quotations—the product, we’re meant to assume, of the characters’ otherwise wasted Oxbridge educations.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
During her 2020 tour of her Hollywood home, the star of The Materialists charmed viewers with her green kitchen and fondness for a bowl of limes.
—Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
Even professional gardeners have a fondness for low-maintenance plants.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 6 Feb. 2026
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Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
The series retains its fondness for rapid-fire, near-impenetrable finance jargon and for ostentatious literary quotations—the product, we’re meant to assume, of the characters’ otherwise wasted Oxbridge educations.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
During her 2020 tour of her Hollywood home, the star of The Materialists charmed viewers with her green kitchen and fondness for a bowl of limes.
—Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2026
Even professional gardeners have a fondness for low-maintenance plants.
—Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 6 Feb. 2026
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“Fondness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fondness. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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