The two discover a certain fondness for each other's pet subject, and slowly become fast friends.

I notice that you have developed a certain fondness for Miriam.

Eventually, however, they came to bear it with a certain defiant fondness.

I find it difficult to think back to that time without a certain fondness.

That, perhaps, is one reason I think she felt a certain fondness.

They also have a certain fondness for public transportation, even more so when it functions.

In fact I believe she had a certain fondness for me.

I think back with a certain fondness and envy now on those days.

Most of us in this office admit to a certain fondness for old teddy bears.

Yet, re-reading these, there remains a certain fondness for that time.