sudden inclination
Example Sentences
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The tacit invitation had struck Baird as involuntary, and so did her answer, a sudden inclination and as quick a shrinking; the color fled from her face.
From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth
"Did you tell her to say that?" she asked, with a sudden inclination of her body toward me.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 by Various
She put her hand up to her throat with a gasp to keep down the sudden inclination to cry out.
From The Firm of Girdlestone by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
We expressed our thanks, but Susquesus causing the canoe to make a sudden inclination towards the shore, the conversation was suddenly interrupted.
From Satanstoe by Cooper, James Fenimore
Even when he had opened the door she felt a sudden inclination to call him back.
From Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
