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 James Fenimore Cooper
The wheels, if such they were, seemed to turn with smoothness, and they felt a sudden inclination in the seats on which they were sitting.
From The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet by Kenneth Ward
We expressed our thanks, but Susquesus causing the canoe to make a sudden inclination towards the shore, the conversation was suddenly interrupted.
From Satanstoe by James Fenimore Cooper
Or else this is what happens: it happens that he feels a sudden inclination to meet the former object of his feelings, that he even makes an excursion with that aim….
From The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
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 Elizabeth Dejeans
