fondness
Example Sentences
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They had no great fondness for the Islamic Republic regime - but they had reached an uneasy accommodation with it before this conflict began.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
“I know both of us look back on that time with great fondness, but I will also say that I know that I’m really just a footnote in what he actually accomplished in his life.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Ms. Aitchison’s frequent collaborator Finn Keane handles most of the production, and the pair’s fondness for hyper-processed computerized arrangements is fleshed out with a large string section.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
This isn’t just my fondness for lists revealing itself.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
Disease and malnutrition, not to mention the biting winter that year, which Ridgeway himself remembered without fondness, claimed thousands.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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