partial to
Example Sentences
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Thucydides was partial to naturalistic explanation and, no stranger to eclipses himself, might well have offered Pericles’ nervous helmsman a cloak.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
In another joint paper on “the illusion of validity,” that legendary duo posited that 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
I’m partial to something that's less opaque to the ordinary citizen, things like citizens' assemblies or “micropublics,” which are more popular in Europe but not well known in America.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2025
DuShawn, Tonni, and Royal are the only black students in the seventh grade, and they are partial to hanging out together for this reason.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
