- present participle of lean.
leaning
Americannoun
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leanings
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of leaning
First recorded before 1000; Middle English leninge, Old English hlining; lean 1 + -ing 1
Vocabulary lists containing leaning
Example Sentences
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Although I had no particular leaning toward candidate Dole, my company had tickets, and I agreed to come along.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Both parties are trying to remedy mistakes of elections past in the hopes of winning over the Gen Z vote, launching targeted recruitment efforts, hiring more young people and leaning into social media.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
“To me, this suggests the bond market has been leaning too hawkish in the near-term,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Footage showed people leaning out of windows as they evacuated the burning building.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
But the way they’re leaning toward one another, Aunt Melissa with one hand on her brother’s shoulder, seems almost loving.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
If she engaged with culture first, then she could ultimately impact her listeners’ political leanings.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Without giving away my political leanings — I don’t even mean to go there — sadly, in this present moment, I don’t think the country is showing its best self.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Resendez typically sees responses shift more according to income level than political leanings.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026
Two Damascus-based diplomats said thousands had left al-Hol in recent weeks, raising alarm that people with extremist leanings could be moving around Syria or trying to leave the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
In Berlin, he knew, an ambitious liberal democracy with socialist leanings was shedding the husk of its past and guiding the birth of a new republic in the thirties.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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