incline

The stress and emotional aftermath they’re each facing is a tightrope walk … with an incline.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

Since then, for a host of complicated and mostly unforeseeable reasons, disparate circumstances across the region incline, slowly, in a promising direction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 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

My legs are beginning to hurt though and there's that slight incline round the corner.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

At the bottom of the hill, he pedaled harder, shooting up that earthy incline.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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

Just a short distance away pilgrims were walking up the steep inclines of Slieve Patrick to the St Patrick monument.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 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

With a bit of coding, researchers were able to describe the optimal technique for pumping — a tactic where skateboarders crouch down low momentarily and then push their body upright on inclines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024

It made the dwarf smile to see them sweating and cursing as they wrestled the heavy machines onto the inclines.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Dylan said he might be inclined to quit altogether.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Spiritually inclined YouTubers discussed medbed healing in videos about frequencies, crystals, and fifth-dimension consciousness.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

“While some investors may be inclined to turn cautious following Vodafone’s recent share price rally, we remain neutral rather than turning more defensive,” he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

If the downward trend in housing remains intact, the Fed might be inclined to do nothing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

I inclined my head in a genteel manner.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

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

When I rise again, I see she is inclining toward a large pile of watermelons in the corner.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen