leaning

Example Sentences

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For now, ”risk appetites are leaning cleanly into a de-escalation narrative.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

They deepen the egg flavor, add silk without leaning on excess mayonnaise, and create natural body and richness.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Filled with my furniture, with paintings and posters leaning against its corrugated metal walls, it looked like the house in microcosm, as if I had moved, under duress, to a shipping container.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

But his Treasury has continued leaning on short-term bills.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

He pushed harder and harder, leaning on his arm, and suddenly his whole body tipped over.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry