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incline

[in-klahyn, in-klahyn, in-klahyn] / ɪnˈklaɪn, ˈɪn klaɪn, ɪnˈklaɪn /






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An hour and a half circuit of incline runs from 10:30-11:30 to end off the year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

But traipse past the principal’s office, scale a short incline, and you’ll be rewarded with an 80-foot-long mural that explodes with color.

From Los Angeles Times 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

Cardio is different forms of interval running four days a week, and then walking on the treadmill on a steep incline two days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

As the incline began in earnest I saw three cars pulled off near the ditch.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

The same can be said of Pabst himself, whose monomaniacal devotion to his art inclines him to ugly compromises.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2025

Just a short distance away pilgrims were walking up the steep inclines of Slieve Patrick to the St Patrick monument.

From BBC Mar. 17, 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

It’s a ton of work—clearing the rocks, digging trenches for the thick slabs of wood to make the edges of the trails or to create steps on the steep inclines up a hill.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

"When my kids want something, I'm much more inclined to say yes. My quality of life has increased dramatically."

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Like me, AI can be a bit of a tone-deaf know-it-all, more inclined to dispense advice than to truly listen or empathize.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Perhaps their focus on health contributes to the generation being less inclined to suffer through such extreme conditions.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

If the downward trend in housing remains intact, the Fed might be inclined to do nothing.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 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

The rig pitched to the south, away from the beach, her derrick cutting obliquely across the sky and her helipad inclining at an angle that to the human eye read as almost apologetic.

From The Guardian May 2, 2017

As she passed, people on the streets hastily made way for her, some doffing their hats, or inclining their heads in reverence.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi




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