Sentence examples for fond of old from inspiring English sources

Mr. Nadeau is especially fond of old Radio Shack TRS-80's, once derided as Trash 80's.

Though fond of old maps and atlases, the author-traveller prefers to leave his route to chance.

As someone who is fond of old objects, including the sofa, Charles set out to find its twin.

"THE VIRGIN SUICIDES": (Astralwerks/Virgin). Air, the French electronica duo, is fond of old analog synthesizers and the escape into a streamlined future that they once promised.

Suetonius (ad 69 122) relates in his De vita Caesarum (Lives of the Caesars; Augustus 75) that the emperor Augustus was fond of old and foreign coins and gave them as gifts to his friends.

My deep attachment to my e-reader is greeted by slightly offensive surprise from those who expect readers of my generation to be sentimentally fond of old bindings, and resistant to new and bewildering technologies.

Cities are especially fond of old-fashioned streetlamps like the retro bishop crooks -- so named because they look like a bishop's hooked staff -- that now illuminate parts of Lower Manhattan.

As befits the traditionalism of journalists, he is fondest of old forms, like big-city tabloids.

"People have fond memories of old plumbing, but the reality is that customers want the performance and easy care of a modern faucet," said Gary Uhl, director of design for American Standard.

"I was very fond of the old Chief," Ginsburg told me.

He's clearly fond of the old songs and ready to shake them up completely.