1 I found my pupil sufficiently docile, though disinclined to apply: she had not been used to regular occupation of any kind.
2 He added that Mr. Bennet seemed wholly disinclined at present to leave London and promised to write again very soon.
3 Mr. Heathcliff, who grew more and more disinclined to society, had almost banished Earnshaw from his apartment.
4 Sir Thomas, drawing back from intimacies in general, was particularly disinclined, at this time, for any engagements but in one quarter.
5 Mrs. Yeobright appeared disinclined to enter further into the question.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman 6 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 HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 2 A Lurid Light Breaks in upon a Darkened Understanding 7 Levin sat down by them; he felt disinclined to go away.
8 Darya Alexandrovna felt disinclined to leave the peasant women, so interesting to her was their conversation, so completely identical were all their interests.
9 In the next room she slept, and in the third and last she harbored a gasoline stove on which she cooked her meals when disinclined to descend to the neighboring restaurant.
10 Dr. Grant laughingly congratulated Miss Crawford on feeling no disinclination to the state herself.
11 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.
12 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 DoyleContext Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter 13 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 DoyleContext Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER 14 And even Mary could assure her family that she had no disinclination for it.
15 She felt that she had no business at Pemberley, and was obliged to assume a disinclination for seeing it.