inclination
Example Sentences
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Your first inclination will be to try to solve it like a puzzle, where you’ll search for the pieces that match, the teacup or bowl you can reassemble.
From Salon
The natural inclination may be to be closer to the child you most enjoy spending time with.
Their natural inclination is to err on the side of removing books from school libraries and narrowing their curricula.
From Los Angeles Times
“Bruen gave license to any judge who has an inclination to strike down any gun law.”
From New York Times
But you see my point, however, that universalism carries with it a greater capacity or inclination or potential for not believing the worst about people.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.