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leaning toward

adjective as in minded

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The White House is leaning toward providing Ukraine with guerrilla-like arms such as IEDs, mortars, small arms and grenades.

On the other hand, when you go on too late, your audience is leaning toward “tired” and/or “one cocktail too many.”

While Portman has said he is leaning toward supporting the bill, he has yet to commit.

Of course, before Obama delayed his request, it seemed as though Congress was leaning toward a no vote.

“He seems to say what he means and mean what he says,” she said, adding that she was leaning toward Santorum before Iowa.

We do not know the exact facts, but the following letter shows that he had a leaning toward another ammoniated phenylacetamid.

Many of these triflers had, it is true, exhibited for a time some leaning toward the reformed faith.

But Mack caught the outstretched hand in both of his and, leaning toward Black Duncan, he roared at him above the din.

"I do not fancy we have many secrets that we keep from each other, Inza," he murmured, leaning toward her over the gate.

There was a chestnut-tree standing close to my log house and leaning toward the building.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to leaning toward, such as: determined, inclined, contemplating, convinced, decided, and disposed.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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