Inclination

//ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən//

"Inclination" in a Sentence (17 examples)

I have an inclination for poetry.

He showed his agreement by a sight inclination of his head.

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

They say that the first inclination which an animal has is to protect itself.

I don't have the time or the inclination to do that.

I don't have the time or the inclination.

I don't have the time or the inclination to help Tom.

Tom says he doesn't have the time or the inclination to do that.

Mary says she doesn't have the time or the inclination to do that.

Tom and Mary said they didn't have the time or the inclination to do that.

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The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.

The road up to the house had a steep inclination.

His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.

The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body.

Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination.

c. 1672-1679, William Temple, Memoirs you make will be a Discovery of your Inclinations

c. 1771, John Adams, speaking in a trial Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

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