DISINCLINATION in a Sentence

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I found my pupil sufficiently docile, though disinclined to apply: she had not been used to regular occupation of any kind.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISINCLINATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
disinclination
 n.  unwillingness; lack of inclination; mild aversion
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  Dr. Grant laughingly congratulated Miss Crawford on feeling no disinclination to the state herself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  There was no natural disinclination to be overcome, and I see no reason why a man should make a worse clergyman for knowing that he will have a competence early in life.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
3  His aversion to women and his disinclination to form new friendships were both typical of his unemotional character, but not more so than his complete suppression of every reference to his own people.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
4  But I daresay it may have come to your notice that, counterfoil of another man's message, there may be some disinclination on the part of the officials to oblige you.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
5  And even Mary could assure her family that she had no disinclination for it.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
6  She felt that she had no business at Pemberley, and was obliged to assume a disinclination for seeing it.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 42
7  But his wife might wonder why he did not go to her as usual; and so, overcoming his disinclination, he went towards the bedroom.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 19
8  That I did not join myself to the battle, was less owing to disinclination, than to the bonds of the heathen.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
9  I understand your disinclination to talk of your future career; but as to what is taking place within you now.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  I found my pupil sufficiently docile, though disinclined to apply: she had not been used to regular occupation of any kind.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
11  He added that Mr. Bennet seemed wholly disinclined at present to leave London and promised to write again very soon.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 48
12  Mr. Heathcliff, who grew more and more disinclined to society, had almost banished Earnshaw from his apartment.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
13  Sir Thomas, drawing back from intimacies in general, was particularly disinclined, at this time, for any engagements but in one quarter.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
14  Mrs. Yeobright appeared disinclined to enter further into the question.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
15  As he surveyed the rooms he felt strongly disinclined for the alterations which would have to be made in the time-honoured furnishing of his parents and grandparents, to suit Eustacia's modern ideas.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 2 A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding
Example Sentence:
1  Some mornings I feel a great disinclination to get out of bed.
2  He was yoked to an disinclined partner.