How to Use penchant in a Sentence

penchant

noun
Definition of penchantnext
Synonyms for penchantnext
  • And it’s got a penchant for extremes such as the climate cult.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Trinket had a penchant for the surreal and the bizarre, and wore more than one McQueen piece in the films.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
  • One constant: the locals’ penchant for a crazy-fun night out.
    — Brigid Mander / Photographs By Anita Pouchard Serra For The Wall Street Journal , WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Gee, who is seventy-nine, has a wry smile and a penchant for bow ties.
    — Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
  • But for all the talk of South Carolina’s penchant for dirty tricks, the state also values the glad hand.
    — Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • But the Saudi crown prince’s penchant for moonshots isn’t just a matter of words.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2023
  • While dealing with grief, Fleabag muddles through life and love with a unique wit and a penchant for breaking the fourth wall.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2023
  • In his way are a series of new enemies, faces from the past and a Frenchman with a penchant for torture.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Given the latter’s penchant for breaking box office records, the Queen Bees may be no more.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Saks Fifth Avenue Have a penchant for luxe skincare finds?
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2023
  • He was known more as a speedy forward with a penchant to score goals, rather than a left-handed pitcher who could touch 90 mph.
    — Drew Davison -, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Any efforts to do so are thwarted by the boss’s penchant for letting Nazis back online.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
  • His penchant for clutch hitting separates him from many of the game’s top sluggers.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In fact, Morris said, that’s when her penchant for speaking out began.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The catchy theme song, sung by Cyrus, was one of the first introductions that fans had to her talent—and penchant for nailing hit after hit.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 10 July 2023
  • San Diego State entered with a penchant for last-second comebacks.
    — Laine Higgins, wsj.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • No deals are in place and a pitch has yet to happen though all parties are excited given the franchise’s penchant for awards.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The author is a freelance writer with a penchant for adventure.
    — Cathleen Calkins, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Lead singer Gwen Stefani’s blue raspberry bob and penchant for complex hairstyles (braids and buns, wet sets) set a mood.
    — Margaux Anbouba, ELLE, 25 July 2023
  • Employers and schools don’t differ much in some ways, as both seem to have a penchant for attendance taking.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • As well as killing multiple people from the local high school, the murderer has a penchant for making scary phone calls.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But by now, Florida’s penchant for pulling off the improbable is well known.
    — Tim Reynolds, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
  • That penchant for human interaction is central to the debate over what, if anything, to do with him.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
  • Each was the work of an autocratic regime with a penchant for coercion and violence.
    — Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Now, new research suggests a penchant for whirling isn’t uniquely human.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Like her father, who is a former NFL player, Avery seems to have a penchant for sports, playing lacrosse and volleyball for her school team.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Opener Seth Walker, an artist with his own penchant for pushing past genre boundaries, should set the table nicely.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
  • Cambridge, native of Nashville, is averaging a team-high 14 points a game with a penchant for making clutch shots.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The decline had less to do with investors irate with pharma’s recent penchant to spin off its consumer health divisions.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Harnick had a penchant for humorous verse, and his work appeared in his grammar school and high school newspapers.
    — Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'penchant.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: