Even a champion like Colin Davis concedes that Elgar had an excessive fondness for "the grand gesture, great, big, surging and full of noise."

Another fault of Theopompus was his excessive fondness for romantic and incredible stories; a collection of some of these was afterwards made and published under his name.

One of his companions is a huge brute, scarcely human: The other is a rabbity fellow with an excessive fondness for strong drink.

Elsa is accused of murdering her brother, Godfrey, who has mysteriously disappeared, but Elsa is guilty of nothing more than an excessive fondness for singing cadenzas.

He stroked the kitten, and the little creature woke up to excessive fondness and purring.

Yours, however-well, one would almost think you'd been indulging your excessive fondness for claret.

People with an excessive fondness for the cute antics of their pets.

To keep things lively, Morgana's court also includes a psychotic dwarf (Alfred Baillou) with an excessive fondness for eyeliner and a lust for revenge.

She despised herself for her sinfully excessive fondness for vodka.

Sizes for Elephants: Big, Bigger, Really Big Republicans have an excessive fondness for topiaries, hair mousse and gel, fire engines and white shoes.