How to Use inclination in a Sentence

inclination

noun
  • 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.
  • White has long shown an inclination for art.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
  • But my son shows a little more of an inclination to want to it more.
    — Jim Halterman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
  • But who has the time or inclination to do a full face on a hot summer day?
    — ELLE, 3 June 2022
  • There was an inclination to say to him that nobody talks like that.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • But most people don’t have the time or inclination to go that deep.
    — Cody Barbo, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • But those same inclinations can overrun your workspace in the blink of an eye.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Many of us don’t have the time -- or inclination -- to do our baking.
    — Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The inclination to live as a night owl or morning person might not be by choice.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2018
  • That is just my inclination as a writer.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Talk a little bit about the climate and the inclination to do these projects.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 26 June 2020
  • Your inclination to have strong boundaries and protect your time is a good one.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • His inclination is to hunt for shots, as somewhat of a streak scorer.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2020
  • The amount of delta-v required for this trick is much less than for changing your inclination.
    — Terry Virts, Wired, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Would Vance have the power, or the inclination, to thwart them?
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • The coaching staff’s inclination about Williams turned out to be true.
    — Rachel Roberts, idahostatesman, 2 Mar. 2018
  • And so my inclination would be to say probably not.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 12 May 2026
  • My first inclination was to look at the ingredients to see if there were any chiles at all in there.
    — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The inclination also says something about the way a space station will be run.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 29 May 2018
  • There’s also the inclination to right a wrong, as in the case of Turner.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • The Padres, sensing it too, show zero inclination to slow down or back off.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Since then, the judge hasn’t shown any inclination of going easy on Shkreli.
    — Jaclyn Gallucci, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Since then, the judge hadn't shown any inclination of going easy on Shkreli.
    — Bloomberg, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Since then, the judge hasn't shown any inclination of going easy on Shkreli.
    — Patricia Hurtad, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Durant is the only one of the three who has much success posting up, or inclination to do so.
    — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Still, to this point, there has been no such inclination from Erik Spoelstra.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Many with the means and inclination have, um, invested in the outcome.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 21 Mar. 2018

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