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leant
verb as in bend, angle toward
verb as in be disposed
verb as in count, depend on
Example Sentences
"When I was standing with my placard and talking to a policeman, a man in his 50s came up to us. He leant forward and said: 'Just strangle her.'"
Then he leant closer and told me he didn't have to worry: "Rick will save me."
Harvey leant into the nearby cafeteria, looked at his attacker for a final time, then stepped back into the courtyard, looked down at his chest and collapsed to the floor.
It leant the audience a discerning sense of agency, as we could control the show but only to a point.
Instead, Germany leant particularly heavily on the US for its security.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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