leanings

Example Sentences

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But on the other hand, the genre’s somber leanings afford him a tender space for sharing the brand of wisdom that only comes with age.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Resendez typically sees responses shift more according to income level than political leanings.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

Two Damascus-based diplomats said thousands had left al-Hol in recent weeks, raising alarm that people with extremist leanings could be moving around Syria or trying to leave the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

But sometimes the person trying to help you through a weak moment is, for the duration of that task, just a person—not a pundit or podcaster with problematic leanings.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2026

In Berlin, he knew, an ambitious liberal democracy with socialist leanings was shedding the husk of its past and guiding the birth of a new republic in the thirties.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee