She herself returned to a great extent the girl's affection; she became, to her own surprise, greatly attached to her, fonder of her than she had ever been of any other human creature.
Mary seemed to be fonder of her adopted aunt than of any other of the people that she saw.
The last kind is much hunted by the Indians, who, although they eat parts of all these creatures, are fonder of the flesh of the bava than of any of the others.
Fond of meditation and research, he was still fonder of mirth and amusement; and while he was among the most instructive, he was also the boonest of companions.
Janet was fonder of Peter than she really knew, and she found herself suddenly wondering if he had outgrown her, now that he was in college.
They were still too serious about every competition they entered, and they had not grown any fonder of each other during their illness.
Positively I think she has been fonder of me since we measured our strength.
Poor thing, there was never fonder love between a brother and sister; she hardly had a thought that did not centre in him.
Forever and ever may the parent land and the child land grow fonder and fonderof each other, and their people mingle more and more till they become as one and the same.
You saw that I was fonder of your brother; you thought that I should approve of your cowardly proposal.
You can't understand that I'm fonder of Berengar than of a poltroon like you and that nevertheless I won't have him as my successor in your stead?
The general spoke in a gentle voice; it seemed as though the thought that he might have lost his crown-prince had made him fonder of him.
The boys whom I had to be most 'down' on almost always, however, grew fonder of me.
I may add that I am fonder of babies than many women, and am generally considered to be surprisingly capable of holding them!
They arefonder of plunder than blood, and are more the engines than the authors of cruelty.
You are much fonder of that place than I am, otherwise you would hardly be prevailed upon to make so long a stay.
None are so difficult to convince as those who are obstinately deaf to conviction, and there is an idolatry of affection which sometimes burns fonder and deeper, as its object is contemned and despised by the world.
Charles may be fonder of pleasure than of business, but he is a young man; by and by he will see and feel the necessity of steady application to the duties of his situation, and become less wild and more manly.
I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone can be of another person.
You have good reason to be, for he is fonderof me than of you.
But the girl after my heart is fonder of a saddle than a cushion.
You may laugh, but women always get fonder of their husbands.
He seemed to grow fonderandfonder of her every day; I believe he perfectly adored her, and he had reason.
If only he were fonder of his dinner all might yet be well!
But it is a devil's pity that this young cockerel is not fonder of his dinner.
I get fonder and fonder of you every day, Miss Alicia, honest Injun.
He looked honestly in earnest; and if he grew fonder and fonder of her, she without doubt had, in the face of everything, given her whole heart to him.
As the days went on, Iversen found himself growing fonder and fonder of the thor'glitch.
The more I see of you," answered Lucia with a serious little air, "the fonder I am of you.
Fact is, he is a great deal fonder of Burmistone than relations usually are of each other.
After that he avoided Dessalles and the countess who caressed him and either sat alone or came timidly to Princess Mary, or to Natasha of whom he seemed even fonder than of his aunt, and clung to them quietly and shyly.
Natasha spoke to Pierre about her brother's life and doings, of how she had suffered and lacked life during his own absence, and of how she was fonder than ever of Mary, and how Mary was in every way better than herself.
Lead me to realms of quiet, or the fonder Scenes of the rising sea's unruly roar.
Well, anyway, I am as fond of you as she was, for nobody could be fonder of anybody than I am of you.
Of course not; and if you were a little fonder of me you wouldn't want to improve me.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fonder" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
