Sentence examples for fond thing from inspiring English sources
Some bloggers yesterday drew attention to the Tudor-era founding statutes of the Church of England, which warn against the invocation of saints as "a fond thing, vainly invented and grounded upon no warranty of scripture but rather repugnant to the word of God".
So, for example, article 22 of the 39 Articles tells us: The Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God.
It's sort of a fond thing.
(Remember that "absence makes the heart grow fonder" thing that people used to say?) Nowhere is this more evident than in movies, where romance is built on longing: Missed connections, crossed signals, and love letters sent over long distances.
Was it one of those "absence makes the heart grow fonder" things?
Why taketh in hand the people fond, vain things to bring about?
Among us, there are a few souls from London, university educated and fond of things like metaphors and remaining in Europe and swimming against the current.
The affected John Jay College building is not a dorm, which may seem surprising, but, as one of our bloggers, Sally Law, discovered earlier this year, bedbugs are quite fond of things other than beds.
She is seen as an older sister to everyone despite being the same age of almost the entire cast, and is fond of things or people she considers to be cute.
Never drink water straight out of the river, unless you are fond of things like intestinal parasites and strange diseases.
