incline
verb (used without object)
to deviate from the vertical or horizontal; slant.
will incline
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future tenseof incline.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Most spectators’ sympathies will incline immediately toward Gee, owing both to Kim’s sturdy affability and to our innate compassion for anyone demeaned or distrusted by officialdom.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
My disposition probably will incline me to think that best-case outcomes are just as reasonable to expect as dreary ones.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2018
“The more chaotic, abundant and junk-filled a society,” he explains, “the more its tastes in interiors will incline towards the minimalist, the austere and the tidy.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2015
Otherwise, both politicians and citizens will incline to satisfy their greater needs of economic well-being.
From Economist ● Nov. 19, 2013
And as your Learning enables you to do him Justice, so your Candor will incline you to pardon what is by me done amiss.
From The Improvement of Human Reason Exhibited in the Life of Hai Ebn Yokdhan by Ibn Tufail
