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Washington traditionally has inclined toward optimism in its thinking about the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

Our knowledge of the severely moral bent of the explicit art criticism of the Greeks has inclined many to accept the first interpretation; and modern interests impel in the same direction.

From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer

“Nature has inclined us to love men,” said Cicero, “and this is the foundation of the law.”

From The Sympathy of Religions by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

Nebul�.—The nebular hypothesis of Laplace has inclined astronomers to look upon nebul� in general as material destined to be worked up into stars, but which is now in a very crude and undeveloped stage.

From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.

Not unfrequently the father lets the son—just for peace sake—have his own way; but this letting him have his own way has inclined his heart rather to the ungrateful than otherwise.

From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Templeton, Timothy