sudden inclination
Example Sentences
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The Onondago had no difficulty in following the trail, which led us, at first, for some distance in a line towards Ravensnest, then made a sudden inclination in the direction of the hut.
From Satanstoe by Cooper, James Fenimore
Field Marshal von Hindenburg saw no importance in the raising of an American army, because if it were sent abroad Japan might "show a sudden inclination to square old accounts with America."
Thereupon Miss Westlake's horse developed a sudden inclination to go very slowly.
From The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story by Brown, Arthur William
She put her hand up to her throat with a gasp to keep down the sudden inclination to cry out.
From The Firm of Girdlestone by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The tacit invitation had struck Baird as involuntary, and so did her answer, a sudden inclination and as quick a shrinking; the color fled from her face.
From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth
