inclination
Example Sentences
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In the modern era, those values were visible in daily life as the shah’s White Revolution brought Western inclinations to the fore.
From Salon
A lot is riding on the economic-policy inclinations of the victors.
In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”
From Salon
Your first inclination will be to try to solve it like a puzzle, where you’ll search for the pieces that match, the teacup or bowl you can reassemble.
From Salon
The natural inclination may be to be closer to the child you most enjoy spending time with.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
