incline

It’s not the craziest hike — it’s actually pretty calm — but there are a couple of incline points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

The visitor descends a long gentle incline, passing a wall of polished black granite that records the names of the 58,000 American soldiers who died in that war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

"I spoke about Paris being a reference point where hopefully we'll see a pretty steep incline in terms of performances," said Doris.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

We trekked up a steep incline to quickly discover signs for white oil bubbling out of the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

If they kept low they would not be easily seen; the incline would shield them from view of the Institute.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Mr. Waterfield inclines toward Hobbes’s “they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

The same can be said of Pabst himself, whose monomaniacal devotion to his art inclines him to ugly compromises.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025

There are a couple of entr’actes in which the clown, teased by his former supervisor, inclines toward the Grinchy.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024

Routes such as those served by TransPennine – which leant Hitachi the test Class 802 train – have inclines which require more energy, shortening the overall distance it could travel unaided.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024

It stops at a safe distance and inclines its head.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

And around USC, everyone seems inclined to agree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

I’m increasingly inclined to hear it as a promise.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

This applies only to the A.I.-generated search results summary and not to chatbots, which are inclined to give users the answers they want.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

"This is a time when we really need to hear what's happening," Erik Slavin said, adding that Pentagon officials appeared to be "less and less inclined to speak on the record".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Cecilia had inclined her head to direct these words at the young Hardman.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The young woman in the sepia-toned photograph curtsies gracefully, inclining her head and smiling sweetly at the camera.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

The sickening realization of the Titanic's imminent fate came when Jessop turned to say something to a fellow stewardess and saw that the "forward part" of the ship was inclining toward the dark ocean.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022

She would like to see changes, inclining a Senedd creche, the introduction of job shares and an increase in the number of MSs to decrease workload.

From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2021

Since then, the pair's paths have diverged, with Appleblim's housier releases inclining more towards the dancefloor, and Shackleton's series of Drawbar Organ EPs offering playful experimentalism.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2013

They were unquestionably different from woods further south—darker, more shadowy, inclining more to black than green.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson