DISINCLINED 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 DISINCLINED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
disinclined
 a.  not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  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
2  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
3  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
4  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
5  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
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 Hardy
Context  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.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 5
8  Darya Alexandrovna felt disinclined to leave the peasant women, so interesting to her was their conversation, so completely identical were all their interests.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 8
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.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXI
10  Dr. Grant laughingly congratulated Miss Crawford on feeling no disinclination to the state herself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
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.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
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 Doyle
Context  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 Doyle
Context  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.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
15  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
Example Sentence:
1  He was yoked to an disinclined partner.
2  Some mornings I feel a great disinclination to get out of bed.