incline
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The visitor descends a long gentle incline, passing a wall of polished black granite that records the names of the 58,000 American soldiers who died in that war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
"I spoke about Paris being a reference point where hopefully we'll see a pretty steep incline in terms of performances," said Doris.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
Alexander’s athletes would run his pass rushing drills up the hill’s steep incline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
A study published in 2019 said removing the not proven verdict might incline more jurors towards a guilty verdict in finely balanced trials.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
It doesn’t seem like much of an incline, but slopes feel a lot steeper to your legs and your lungs than they look to your eyes.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Mr. Waterfield inclines toward Hobbes’s “they that have odds of power exact as much as they can, and the weak yield to such conditions as they can get.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
We trudged on, working our way up and down the steep inclines.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
There are a couple of entr’actes in which the clown, teased by his former supervisor, inclines toward the Grinchy.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Routes such as those served by TransPennine – which leant Hitachi the test Class 802 train – have inclines which require more energy, shortening the overall distance it could travel unaided.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2024
His lean figure inclines toward me on the bench.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
“So he hasn’t given any indication that he’s inclined to hike rates,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Federal Reserve would then more inclined to move toward higher interest rates, which could weigh on economic activity and consumer spending, Abuagla added.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
If you are inclined to put a bid in this time, your starting offer cannot be lower than $19m.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The plants are inclined to bloom out of sequence, “because they want to pollinate another plant that’s in the vicinity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
She was not inclined to dissuade her mother from wandering far away from the terrace.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
The young woman in the sepia-toned photograph curtsies gracefully, inclining her head and smiling sweetly at the camera.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
The sickening realization of the Titanic's imminent fate came when Jessop turned to say something to a fellow stewardess and saw that the "forward part" of the ship was inclining toward the dark ocean.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022
She would like to see changes, inclining a Senedd creche, the introduction of job shares and an increase in the number of MSs to decrease workload.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2021
Since then, the pair's paths have diverged, with Appleblim's housier releases inclining more towards the dancefloor, and Shackleton's series of Drawbar Organ EPs offering playful experimentalism.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2013
“Do you play?” she asked, inclining her head toward the piano.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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