take a liking to
Example Sentences
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“Older people and dogs really seemed to take a liking to her and I think that has to say something about her character.”
From Seattle Times • May 12, 2022
"I've been chased into a tree by a white rhino here because I went in on foot, and one didn't take a liking to me, and she stormed me."
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021
Athena made her debut at the National Zoo on Dec. 22, and zoo officials hope she’ll take a liking to her male suitor: a 34-year-old male sloth named Vlad.
From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2019
And I had told him before we got married that I was a people’s person and people would take a liking to me.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2018
But at a church cookout this new gentleman, James Johnson, seemed to take a liking to me.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
