How to Use predilection in a Sentence

predilection

noun
  • Mark plays their nine-year-old son who had a predilection to dress in girl’s clothes.
    — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 31 May 2018
  • Epstein has long been known for his wealth and his predilection for young girls.
    — Jane Coaston, Vox, 22 Feb. 2019
  • Epstein has long been known for his wealth and his predilection for young girls.
    — Jane Coaston, Vox, 3 Dec. 2018
  • Wendi’s predilection for theft evolved from erasers to boyfriends to hot checks.
    — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • Hardy had great court vision and a predilection for putting teammates in the right place.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 July 2022
  • To live in the world of his creation is to live in a world of his biases and predilections.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Now, of course, Stone produces a beer for every palate and predilection.
    — Paul Hodgins, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
  • This predilection points to a compulsive hold on the life force that had propelled her from the start.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
  • But at the same time, my predilection is to hear music in a much more intimate setting.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with my predilection for food that is brown.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
  • Peggy isn’t panicked by her son’s alpha-male predilections.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • He's never been married, and his predilection for dating young women is well known.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Esquire, 6 June 2017
  • Even so, the Blues' predilection for fading away in games thus far has been worrying.
    — SI.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • This predilection for deep water makes bluntnose sixgills a difficult bunch to study.
    — National Geographic, 5 Sep. 2019
  • And this condition has a predilection for areas that are covered.
    — Sarah Bradley, Women's Health, 20 June 2023
  • But this is often undermined by the series’ predilection for smut.
    — Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Mostly those things bore out the predictions, and many people’s predilections too.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 June 2023
  • Along with a predilection for gambling, which concerned townsfolk, the miners brought with them or made bread starters.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Aubrey Plaza is ready to turn her predilection for the strange and unusual into a feature film.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2022
  • But behind the scenes, his department has shown a predilection for aiding the coal sector.
    — James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Combined with his predilection for wearing capri pants, Manning made fun of him every day.
    — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 6 June 2018
  • There are a lot of reasons why the wedding, by TV’s past predilections, should have been canceled.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 June 2018
  • The eight-episode series finds Dodger living a double life as a surgeon who still can’t shake his predilection for crime.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2022
  • But there is little doubt his predilection has turned out better for the strongmen than for America.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Their hubris is just as scary, their predilection for selfishness and lying is just as scary as the stuff in the cult of Lumon.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Also called the coconut crab because of its predilection for cracking open coconuts, the species is the largest arthropod on land.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2012
  • Her predilection for fun and romance was picked apart in newspapers’ high society columns.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Behind closed doors, though, Lincoln could be as coarse as anyone, and had a predilection for potty humor.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 8 June 2017
  • His shaggy blond hair fit the Venice artist stereotype, as did his predilection for wearing kilts and going shirtless.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • Instead, the predilection to keep to a certain set of words is presumably to make life easier for readers.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024

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