have a penchant for

Idioms

Have a tendency or taste for. For example, He has a penchant for saying the wrong thing, or She has a strong penchant for baroque music. [Second half of 1600s]

Example Sentences

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Filipino audiences have a penchant for soap operas and gossip, especially when it involves public figures - who they are dating and how they are spending their money.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

The new tool is called the Burnout Assessment Tool, or BAT among researchers who have a penchant for amusing abbreviations.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

The culprit turned out to be one of my elementary school friends, a person who doesn’t have social media but does have a penchant for murder mysteries—just like me.

From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023

This might all seem a bit extreme — the British news media have a penchant for calling Norland nannies “Mary Poppins meets James Bond” — but the college insists these skills are necessary.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2022

“Do they have a penchant for the work?”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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