incline
verb (used without object)
to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
had inclined
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past perfectof incline.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And the economic meltdown had inclined her even more toward Obama.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cecilia had inclined her head to direct these words at the young Hardman.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
“If I had inclined my head some few degrees ...,” she said.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Dare had told her, and she had inclined to believe him, that only love mattered.
From The Bigamist by F.E. Mills Young
They were fastidious in dress, while he had inclined to the slovenly.
From Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers by J. Walker (Joseph Walker) McSpadden
