FONDNESS in a Sentence
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228 example sentences for FONDNESS, such as:
1. She has a fondness for red wine.
2. But I'll keep a fondness for you.
3. He is fond of rambling among the trees.
4. I was especially fond of chocolate biscuits.
5. The problem is that, au fond , he's very lazy.
2. But I'll keep a fondness for you.
3. He is fond of rambling among the trees.
4. I was especially fond of chocolate biscuits.
5. The problem is that, au fond , he's very lazy.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of FONDNESS
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fondness
n. a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
n. a positive feeling of liking
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 And he stood alone in his interest in books and music and his fondness for writing poetry.
2 He loved Suellen, liked her sisters, respected Gerald and had a genuine fondness for the plantation.
3 All too fast for mere fondness I would think, if I were conceited.
4 For all her enthusiasms, for all the fondness and the "crushes" which she inspired, Carol's acquaintances were shy of her.
5 They had an especial fondness for the hitching-post in front of the mill.
6 Carol was left to Dave, who tried to entertain her with humorous accounts of Ella Stowbody's fondness for chocolate peppermints.
7 But I'll keep a fondness for you.
8 Jurgis developed a fondness for having Ona on his arm whenever he went out on the street, and he would hold her tightly, and walk fast.
9 Cora was seated nigh them, a calm and amused looker-on; regarding the wayward movements of her more youthful sister with that species of maternal fondness which characterized her love for Alice.
10 Uncas, however, looking in his face with the fondness and veneration of a favored child, presumed on his own high and acknowledged rank, to reply.
11 Within him, as he hurled himself forward, was born a love, a despairing fondness for this flag which was near him.
12 She treated her therefore, with all the indulgent fondness of a parent towards a favourite child on the last day of its holidays.
13 He had a fatherly, benignant way of showing his fondness for her, which seemed in itself to express a good man.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 16. I AM A NEW BOY IN MORE SENSES THAN ONE
14 It was very pale; and bore the traces of deeper emotion than my letter alone, weakened by the doubts her fondness would have raised upon it, would have been likely to create.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 32. THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY
15 He knew her to be clever, to have a quick apprehension as well as good sense, and a fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 A gentle touch or gesture of fondness, tenderness, or love.
2 The boys got wise to Jack's fondness for bubble gum.
3 She had an inordinate fondness for candy, eating two or three boxes in a single day.
4 She has a fondness for red wine.
5 He is fond of rambling among the trees.
6 Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.
7 She may appear severe toward her children but she is a fond mother at heart.
8 Despite her criticisms, she is basically very fond of you.
9 I was especially fond of chocolate biscuits.
10 My family are all fond of going to the cinema.
11 He is fond of using high - sounding phrases.
12 Anne was fond of Tim, though he often annoyed her.
13 The problem is that, au fond , he's very lazy.
14 Over the years, I have grown quite fond of her.
15 He was fond of quoting a fragment from a certain poem.