incline
verb (used without object)
to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
have inclined
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present perfectof incline.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Darby writes that her years spent studying white nationalism have inclined her to pessimism, but her book ends on a hopeful note.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2020
In different times, they might have inclined to the bohemian subcultural dropout route.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2019
The man: the Very Rev. Angus Dun, 51, dean of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass. Other considerations may also have inclined Dean Dun to make haste slowly.
From Time Magazine Archive
This year, the wet German-Americans, led by oldtime-brewer August Adolph Busch, have inclined sharply to Smith.
From Time Magazine Archive
He appears rather to have inclined to continue in his foreign appointment; and, in changing his situation, to have consulted the wishes of the first magistrate more than the preference of his own mind.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall
