leaning

Example Sentences

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Moms and dads sometimes view the situation differently, too, with fathers typically leaning toward being more strict, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ghost of Walter Lippmann leaning into the wireless to hear FDR . . . stole into me.

From The Wall Street Journal

Any change in interest rates will still be a committee decision, but the Fed’s leanings will be harder to read over time because there may be more dissents on the policy-setting committee.

From Barron's

I couldn’t even walk without leaning on the countertops in the kitchen.

From The Wall Street Journal

It did so in the same fashion it had in pretty much every game since Rice went down, by leaning on Baker-Mazara and Ausar, who are averaging a combined 38 points per game.

From Los Angeles Times