have an inclination
Example Sentences
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“This town has been very good to me for many, many years, so I have an inclination not to abandon it, to cling to the community that has been so rewarding for me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025
"We also know that there are certain people that have an inclination to bipolar," Hickenlooper told Salon at the time.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2022
A: I produced “Wall-E,” so I have an inclination to say that one.
From Reuters • Dec. 23, 2021
Yeah, for example, I’d say something and the shrink would say, “So you have an inclination to be a little negative.”
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2019
He seems to know that they have an inclination to shrink from him, partly for what he is and partly for what he has caused.
From Bleak House by Dickens, Charles