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Example sentences for: fondness

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caress ( v .) To treat with fondness, affection or kindness.
Apple makes the point that the grand jury appearance was marked by Clinton's fuller and more convincing expressions of personal regret, plus more fondness for Monica Lewinsky than the nationally televised speech he gave a few hours later.
I begin to wonder whether fondness for gambling correlates with general indulgence, and dislike correlates with asceticism, and decide that they probably do.)
The New York Times ' spin: "Americans have a fondness for eccentric New Yorkers."
Highlighting is a natural and favored component, as in the fondness for abbreviations, acronyms, capital letters, telescoping, emoticons, interjections, and other striking visual devices, not to mention their frequently slangy ( plunk I just put you in my killfile) or vulgar ( RTFM Read the fucking manual) content, as well as onomatopoeic renditions ( bang common spoken name for !).