Sentence examples for shown a fondness from inspiring English sources

Of course, companies could borrow to buy back stock -- a strategy for which they have already shown a fondness.

Whereupon Mr. Lautenberg, who has shown a fondness for jokes at Mr. Corzine's expense, said: "Jon Corzine's bringing the bread".

Since his "Alice" phase, Mr. Del Tredici has shown a fondness (not to say mania) for simple melodies.

Since he took over as Communist Party chief a year ago Mr Xi has shown a fondness for Maoist rhetoric.

The bullpen has also pitched well, and Torre has shown a fondness for the left-handed specialist Mike Myers, using him in three consecutive games.

True, young people have always shown a fondness for certain types of basic, boxy vehicles, from Volkswagen Microbuses to Jeep Wranglers.

She continued to embrace anti-sentimentality; indeed, she showed a fondness for brutality.

When he is at Harvard, he shows a fondness for the classroom unusual for his rank.

Britons showed a fondness for sickly sweet glazed doughnuts last year, driving up revenues at Krispy Kreme by a staggering 26%.

Gerstler's poems -- skillful in every kind of comedy, yet deeply serious -- show a fondness for animals without sentimentalizing them.

A few years ago, when Eeney, her cat, showed a fondness for Indian ragas, she figured she'd better listen, too.