be fond of
Example Sentences
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Guardiola is known to be fond of basketball as well as being a keen golfer and Jordan added: "Enjoy your retirement. Good luck on the links and keep them straight. Congratulations."
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
The Cryptolocker mastermind was eventually identified as Evgeniy Bogachev, a Russian national known to be fond of luxury cars and yachting on the Black Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
One would think, in order to rise to the level of a Supreme Court justice, it would behoove a person to be fond of a rigorous debate.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
Yet not everyone trusted Hamilton nor others who were thought to be fond of centralized power.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
And as a verb, to like is to be fond of someone or something.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
