The clerk was not overfond of the head of the firm. From Wordnik.com. [Keineth] Reference
And few here are overfond of the man-demons of Melnibon. From Wordnik.com. [The Sailor On The Seas of Fate]
Mum was overfond of him and kept gifting him money to get by on. From Wordnik.com. [Mortal Causes]
I am not "out to get you" because I am less than overfond of your boyfriend. From Wordnik.com. [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference
Whispers that he was overfond of a social glass seem to have had no foundation.7. From Wordnik.com. [Lee’s Lieutenants] Reference
The man who is overfond of anything will be unwilling to let go his hold upon it. From Wordnik.com. [Horace and His Influence] Reference
/I have come to the conclusion that I am really not overfond of ethics in the least. From Wordnik.com. [qdiosa Diary Entry] Reference
"If it weren't for you they might," said John; "but they ain't overfond of her dear father.". From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
‘I guess you young aristocrats are never overfond of doing much with your own arms and legs.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Duke's Children] Reference
These Berbers, however, are true barbarians, overfond of Búzah (the beer of Osiris) and not unfrequently dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
Because I am not overfond of the rather strong smell of the fruit, I left it out on the verandah - and this was the result. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Suma was not overfond of this small fry but Warruk caught and ate of them until his stomach refused to accept another mouthful. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
Rhavas had no great love for Zautzes; the man was a lecher, and also overfond of wine, at least by the prelate's austere standards. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
She's overfond of flattery, moral, mental and physical. From Wordnik.com. [With Hoops of Steel] Reference
He would wait for me, although he was never overfond of firearms. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountains] Reference
He was a man even though he wore gloves and was overfond of posing. From Wordnik.com. [Wolf Breed] Reference
Though never overfond of my late daughter, I had a proper pride about her. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
She seems not overfond of daughters-in-law, if one judge from chance remarks. From Wordnik.com. [My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard] Reference
It was only on his deathbed that Louis XIV. said, "I have been overfond of war!". From Wordnik.com. [The Court of the Empress Josephine] Reference
Pray understand that I do not profess to have been at all overfond of my late daughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
Even Peter Mink, who was himself overfond of biting people, wisely let Mr. Turtle alone. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Timothy Turtle] Reference
He was a puzzle, and at this period she was not overfond of shifting puzzles into answers. From Wordnik.com. [The Lure of the Mask] Reference
And though I have never been overfond of New York, that curtain in that place gave me a sensation!. From Wordnik.com. [A Traveller in War-Time] Reference
I was never overfond of demerits or punishments, and therefore strenuously opposed any thing that might. From Wordnik.com. [The colored cadet at West Point : autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy,] Reference
The set, sound, and lighting are handsome, though Esbjornson is overfond of special effects, and costumer. From Wordnik.com. [Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories] Reference
It hardly seems worth while to be overfond of relative or friend whom a breath of wind may snuff out like a flame. From Wordnik.com. [The Joys of Being a Woman and Other Papers] Reference
'Twarn't a business that I was overfond of, you may reckon, but I was a rough man and didn't know much of woman natur'. From Wordnik.com. [The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. First Series] Reference
But he was overfond of company; so I went to service, and cried myself to sleep every night for three months; and when next. From Wordnik.com. [A Flat Iron for a Farthing or Some Passages in the Life of an only Son] Reference
At no time overfond of study, he regarded residence in college as a most desirable emancipation from the restraint of home life. From Wordnik.com. [The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life] Reference
Come to that, I am not overfond of Shurland either. ". From Wordnik.com. [Gatlinburg] Reference
I am not overfond of mysteries outside of book covers. ". From Wordnik.com. [A Splendid Hazard] Reference
And I never yet saw a man that was overfond of horses and dogs but what was cruel to women. '". From Wordnik.com. [Whirligigs] Reference
"He is smart and handsome, but tricky at times, and overfond of brandy. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old Detroit] Reference
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