How to Use disposition in a Sentence

disposition

noun
  • A will is a legal document that is used in the disposition of property.
  • Her disposition was to always think negatively.
  • He has a disposition toward criminal behavior.
  • Lucky was such a good boy with a sweet disposition who loved to give back rubs.
    — cleveland, 9 June 2022
  • That and her sweet disposition pretty much put it over the top for my wife.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The records do not show any judgment or disposition in the case.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 15 June 2023
  • As the thinking around death shifts, so have trends in disposition.
    — Maggie Donahue, Longreads, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The disposition to that case was also not clear.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
  • The disposition fee is a charge the dealership adds to the end of your lease.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Parsons had the disposition of someone who had lived through a war that had been lost.
    — Kyle Whitmire, al, 2 July 2020
  • For many years, disposition of human remains has been thought of in two ways.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
  • For many years, disposition of human remains has been thought of in two ways.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
  • But nobody wanted to speak on the true disposition of the world.
    — Juan Gabriel VÁsquez, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2016
  • The most telling sign of his new disposition was when he was doubled on the ball by Love.
    — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The rose gold tint picked up on my highlights, giving my hair a new, rosier disposition.
    — Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 31 Jan. 2018
  • No one is stuck with the gender, face, disposition, race or class status they were born with.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 4 Aug. 2019
  • The idea of decor-as-disposition lives on in the show’s many successors.
    — Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
  • When Rivero’s time comes, his son will be the one to handle the disposition of his body.
    — Collin Blinder, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Burke has rare size at nearly 6-foot-9, and a nasty disposition to match.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Gee Whiz sired 178 cranes and was known for his nasty disposition.
    — baltimoresun.com, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Her videos have gone viral thanks to her sunny disposition and flair for baking.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Combat gray skies with your own sunny disposition, the researchers say, to help beat that dip in tip.
    — Lindzi Wessel, Science | AAAS, 16 June 2017
  • Now, some of those conversations may be to your taste and to your disposition, and some of them will not be.
    — Haley Ott, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Parents and caregivers don’t need to — and shouldn’t — change their child’s disposition.
    — Allie Volpe, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Parents and caregivers don’t need to — and shouldn’t — change their child’s disposition.
    — Allie Volpe, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
  • But his toughness makes him of the disposition not to easily yield.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The idea here is that it is based on some sort of individual disposition of the cop.
    — Benjy Sarlin, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Or to send any kind of message that stifles his defining disposition.
    — Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Sadly not much is known about the disposition of the case after the photo was taken.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2020
  • The dispositions in wills and living trusts can be changed at any time up until the person passes away.
    — Gary Singer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 June 2017

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