partial to
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I'm more partial to Per Sempre Sì, a throwback disco song from veteran Italian star Sal Da Vinci.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Douglas doesn’t understand why his children are partial to their mother, his ex-wife, who was the source of so much instability and terror.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
I don’t have a theory for Mr. Roberts’s motive, although I am partial to the principle known as Hanlon’s razor: Don’t attribute to malice what you can explain by stupidity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025
In another joint paper on “the illusion of validity,” that legendary duo posited that an apparent similarity between two unrelated events, a parchment-paper test, makes us partial to seemingly endless, overconfident prophesies of disaster.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 20, 2025
When I see him being partial to Margot, approving Margot’s every action, praising her, hugging her, I feel a gnawing ache inside, because I’m crazy about him.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
