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

This year, the wet German-Americans, led by oldtime-brewer August Adolph Busch, have inclined sharply to Smith.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

One thing is certain, however the story would have inclined, the same faults would cling to it.

From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Downey, Edmund