(n.) The quality or state of being fond; foolishness.
(n.) Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles.
Example Sentences:
(1) People have grown very fond of the first and fifth amendments,” she reports.
(2) But the large sums that undercut Hillary’s sudden fondness for economic populism will undercut Biden just as much, especially if raised conspicuously quickly.
(3) The original Wednesday Play, succeeded by the long-running Play for Today, is fondly remembered by many of today's best-known writers and directors as the experimental breeding ground for the likes of Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, Tony Garnett, Mike Leigh and Alan Bleasdale.
(4) Bomb them,” we tell Pakistan’s army, “crush them, hit them with all you have got.” Taliban were very fond of showing us videos of them killing us.
(5) I thought: this is a country of law and they will help me get my rights.” She is so fond of the child she looked after for 18 months that she feels ambivalent about any possible prosecution of the parents, her ex-employers.
(6) Another person fondly remembered childhood bed-times when she was comforted by Bournvita.
(7) The near-freebie prices amount to an especially generous giveaway to Venezuelans fond of large SUVs and gas-guzzling jalopies from the 1970s and 80s.
(8) John Londesborough Helsinki, Finland • We Finns are delighted to learn that Michael Booth is fond of us and would like us to rule the world.
(9) Since becoming Denmark's first female prime minister two years ago, Thorning-Schmidt has had to contend with the media nickname of "Gucci Helle", so called because of her fondness for designer clothes.
(10) "I have a fond memory of sitting in one of the dressing rooms, talking about Ireland in the 80s, and her showing me as many of her shamrock tattoos as possible.
(11) You are fond of citing the views of "the employers", along with horror stories about the significance of the international tables we're slipping down.
(12) As evidence of this new-found fondness, the album features a guest appearance from a local Salvation Army band.
(13) When France put an end to capital punishment in 1981, it also bid a not-so-fond farewell to the instrument of death that had taken the lives of thousands.
(14) But it clashed with other things.” Asked what his reaction would be now, he said: “I’d jump at it.” Blessed – who is also fondly remembered for another sci-fi role, appearing as Prince Vultan in the movie Flash Gordon – appeared to be a little confused about the Doctor’s surname, inaccurately suggesting the “Who” of the title was actually the character.
(15) He is fond of recalling what the late Labour leader John Smith told him the last time he appeared on his show - "You have a way of asking beguiling questions with potentially lethal consequences."
(16) If I'm extremely fond of a woman, if I think I might really wind up walking down the aisle again… I go in another direction."
(17) His knowledge of movies is vast – all kinds of movies, and I remember that he had a special fondness for genre pictures and for the work of Walter Hill and others – and he has always been very generous about sharing it with his readers.
(18) These films, of which the British are properly fond and proud, were made possible by a Frenchified Brazilian and the son of recent Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe.
(19) Previous chancellor Gordon Brown was fond of his fiscal "golden rule", but the only real golden rule of modern chancellors is never, ever raise the standard rate of income tax.
(20) His father, who was fond of humming the popular ballad Keep Right on to the End of the Road, lost his job in the great depression of the early 1930s.
Friendship
Definition:
(n.) The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will.
(n.) Kindly aid; help; assistance,
(n.) Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence.
Example Sentences:
(1) Maybe in some senses this is the new face of friendship.
(2) Self- and friend ratings of friendship intimacy were gathered using a 2-step procedure ensuring that students rated only reciprocated friendships.
(3) Photograph: Sophia Evans for the Observer REGISTERED, SUPPORTS REMAIN Hannah Capstick, 22 Studying for a graduate diploma in law, Leeds Among my friendship group, people didn’t vote in the local elections.
(4) Even in their final days, they thrive on friendship and community.
(5) Stone’s own complicated relationship with the truth stretches back decades, running parallel to his friendship with Trump.
(6) It is hoped that more expert advices and friendship will come from IPA, WHO, UNICEF, and some member countries.
(7) My act of conscience began with a statement: "I don't want to live in a world where everything that I say, everything I do, everyone I talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded.
(8) Maybe this is symptomatic of how the possibilities of social media have just made our friendships shallower, an economy of “likes” and thoughtless “adds”.
(9) Shrewsbury and University College also cemented a lifelong friendship with Richard Ingrams, one of the founders and editors of Private Eye, for which Foot was to do some of his finest work, cushioning attacks on the scandalous nature of Ingrams' organ with corruption exposed by the "serious side".
(10) Peter Jay, who founded TV-am alongside Frost, told BBC News: "On the screen he was a very talented and original performer, but it was his talent off-screen, his quality as a human being, his capacity for friendship and loyalty, that were in my opinion the thing that raised him to quite an exceptional level."
(11) I have no doubt that these friendships, forged in adversity and pizza, will be patched up.
(12) Straight talk – and total frankness – is essential to our friendship."
(13) It was at this time that Milosevic forged a close friendship with Stambolic, scion of an elite communist family.
(14) More than anything, I started to feel that I was calling my friends less, seeing my friends less and that our friendships were being reduced to a trickle of pictures, comments and quips.
(15) The gates may be open but the road to the church that calls itself a friendship and reconciliation centre is not paved with sleek cars or thronged with believers.
(16) The novel examines determinism and free will, as well the power of love and friendship.
(17) Friendship and sex of others had significant main and interaction effects.
(18) Their friendship goes back to Park’s days as acting first lady following the assassination of her mother.
(19) The fact that true friendship really can exist in the Big Brother house was heartening.
(20) In June, just as Friendship was being published in the US, a blowhard critic named Edward Champion took her to task in an 11,000-word blog post titled “Emily Gould, Literary Narcissism, and the Middling Millennials” , in which his principal beef appeared to be that Gould was a woman and not James Baldwin.