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leant
verb as in bend, angle toward
verb as in be disposed
verb as in count, depend on
Example Sentences
He was stooping as he leant on the front desk.
He also made a series of jokes that leant on racist stereotypes.
Sir Keir leant forward towards me as I read out this list:
But Knight and Sciver-Brunt leant on all their experience to steady England with careful strike rotation and simple punishment of the bad balls, with West Indies too regularly offering width for them to punish.
Cardiff Crown Court heard the former Bridgend town councillor stabbed his wife Corinne, 33, in the back as she leant over a cot to comfort her crying child and "wanted her dead".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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