partial to
Example Sentences
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I am partial to “Making It,” but “Ex-Friends,” published in 1999, may have the stronger claim to being the quintessential Podhoretz book.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Despite his Gen Z status, he notably lacks the “smartphone face” that’s rampant among pop artists and celebrities — and is partial to dressing in an anachronistic way, which he pulls off with gusto.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
An apparent similarity between two unrelated events, a parchment-paper test, makes us partial to seemingly endless, overconfident prophesies of disaster.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025
The controversial 44-year-old is himself partial to a white Royals Royce and has a fleet of personalised luxury cars, some of which he has also started giving away as he gets in newer models.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
She looked over at Sinita, whom they all seemed partial to, and said, “Take care of our dear Sinita.”
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
