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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fond of in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fond of in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of fond of in a Sentence

  1. Alfred North Whitehead:

    If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

  2. John Berger:

    A peasant becomes fond of his pig and is glad to salt away its pork. What is significant, and is so difficult for the urban stranger to understand, is that the two statements are connected by an and not by a but.

  3. Sarah Wootton:

    I would live my life as ever to the full and die, before the disease mounted its last attack, in my own home, in a chair on the lawn, with a brandy in my hand to wash down whatever modern version of the Brompton Cocktail some helpful medic could supply. And with Thomas Tallis on my iPod, I would shake hands with death. sir Terry was fond of saying, 'It's time we learned to be as good at dying as we are at living' and his brave approach to confronting issues of death, including his own, was a heartfelt demonstration of dignity.

  4. Douglas Gerald:

    Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half- way to meet it.

  5. Adam Nimoy:

    This will be a tribute to my dad and Spock, we have plenty to work from because my dad loved telling stories and he was very fond of the role.


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    an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression
    A sheath
    B elation
    C recital
    D abandon

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