How to Use inclination in a Sentence

inclination

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  • I have neither the time nor the inclination to learn about such matters.
  • She shows no inclination to give in to their demands.
  • He's a loner by inclination.
  • My first inclination was to say no, but I finally decided to do what she asked.
  • Many of us don’t have the time -- or inclination -- to do our baking.
    — Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
  • But who has the time or inclination to do a full face on a hot summer day?
    — ELLE, 3 June 2022
  • My inclination at that point was to say OK, no problem, good luck, your loss, call over.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Salazar said the first inclination is to assume a homicide.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 July 2023
  • That was the case this year for Pearl, who had an inclination that an assistant role would soon come open on his staff.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But, what has been consistent as the years have chugged along is the ability for many artists to cling to their inclinations.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 3 Feb. 2024
  • That night the sun set at 7:11, which only furthered my inclination to hole up.
    — Samantha Mann, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Your inclination to have strong boundaries and protect your time is a good one.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The Padres, sensing it too, show zero inclination to slow down or back off.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
  • But busy modern life rarely allows time to create a home-baked treat if one even has the inclination.
    — Candace Nelson, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2023
  • In the short run, the Fed's inclination to either spike or take away the monetary punch bowl has been the key to the direction of the stock market for the better part of three decades.
    — Heard Editors, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And if last year is any inclination, Dermstore's Memorial Day 2022 sale is going to be a good one.
    — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 20 May 2022
  • But not all of us have the inclination or the wherewithal to shower ourselves with Testarossas or Corvettes or even MR2s.
    — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Ashland is a more than four-hour drive to any large city, and patrons who don’t live nearby need to have the means, leisure, and inclination to travel there.
    — Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The natural inclination for some fans is to assume that long snapping is a task that anyone on the team can do, or at least be trained to do.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Zelensky has not yet shown much of an inclination to do that.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • In the Army, his doubts in his ability as a painter gave way to a keen mechanical inclination.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
  • That inclination to turn away, of course, is one of the reasons that many of these societal problems endure.
    — Joan Gaylord, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2022
  • My inclination is just to stay out of those discussions.
    — Dan Ariely, WSJ, 7 July 2022
  • The earliest indicator of this inclination came in the spring of 2021.
    — Michael Mazza, National Review, 19 July 2023
  • Her first inclination that there was a problem was when it was announced that the main ship had lost communication with the sub.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2024
  • As a teacher, Ms. Kolb understands the inclination to go straight to cellphone bans.
    — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2023
  • That innate inclination to hit the snooze button can come with other downsides, as well.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2023
  • With that comes our natural inclination to decorate it to the nines.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 18 July 2023
  • Not everyone has the means or the inclination to contribute.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Giuliani’s inclination then, too, was to defend the police.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022

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