partial to
Example Sentences
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There are lots of exercises for sharpening proprioception, but the surfing doctor is partial to bodies of water.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026
Newman was charmed; others, partial to the “fancy tricks with the paint” of Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, were not.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
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
The controversial 44-year-old is himself partial to a white Royals Royce and has a fleet of personalised luxury cars, some of which he has also started giving away as he gets in newer models.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
“Yes, Master. The 1898, as you ordered. His Lordship is very partial to that, I remember.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
