INCLINED in a Sentence

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Mr. Rushworth was from the first struck with the beauty of Miss Bertram, and, being inclined to marry, soon fancied himself in love.

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 Meanings and Examples of INCLINED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
inclined
 a.  tending or leaning toward; bent; having preference or tendency
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I was inclined from the first to the latter supposition.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
2  When the inscription was discovered upon the wall I was more inclined than ever to my opinion.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
3  But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR
4  Careless fellow as I am, I am not so indifferent, Mrs. Bounderby, as to be regardless of this vice in your brother, or inclined to consider it a venial offence.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
5  Mrs. Sparsit was in good spirits, and inclined to be conversational.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
6  Mrs. Sparsit consequently had ample means of watching his looks, if she were so inclined.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
7  The physician was at first inclined to ascribe this sudden and violent emotion to the effects of insanity; and, adhering to his original purpose, began once again to handle his implements.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  One was less in love with the boy afterwards, and a little inclined to hate him, as if he had trespassed on one's privacy and inner freedom.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
9  But with her mind she was inclined to ridicule.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
10  It required a longer time, however, than Mrs. Norris was inclined to allow, to reconcile Fanny to the novelty of Mansfield Park, and the separation from everybody she had been used to.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
11  Mr. Rushworth was from the first struck with the beauty of Miss Bertram, and, being inclined to marry, soon fancied himself in love.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
12  I am inclined to envy Mr. Rushworth for having so much happiness yet before him.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
13  Julia might be justified in so doing by the hints of Mrs. Grant, inclined to credit what she wished, and Maria by the hints of Mr. Crawford himself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
14  Mrs. Norris, being not at all inclined to question its sufficiency, began to take the matter in another point.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
15  Mr. Bumble put down his hat; unbuttoned his coat; folded his arms; inclined his head in a retrospective manner; and, after a few moments' reflection, commenced his story.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
Example Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  Arthur has some strange ideas, but on this occasion I'm inclined to agree with him.
2  Nobody felt inclined to argue with Smith.
3  As the twig is bent so the tree is inclined.
4  I only write when I feel inclined to.
5  The accident inclined him to reconsider his career.
6  He inclined towards the speaker to hear more clearly.
7  He inclined forward so as to hear more clearly.
8  Anyone inclined to mock this suggestion should note that the armed services are perhaps the most respected institution in Britain today.
9  The more a man knows, the more he is inclined to be modest.
10  Commandos are inclined to shoot first and ask questions later.
11  In the next news cycle or during the next big story, will mainstream media remain inclined to wait for confirmation from the AP or The New York Times?
12  Dodo had paused as if it thought that SOMEBODY ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything.
13  Agreeing with Samantha would indicate that one is inclined to be for increasing American military aggressiveness, which is not the tone from today's left side.
14  We must not only cease from the acts of sin, but we must get the vicious habits and inclinations weakened and destroyed.
15  You must follow your own inclinations when choosing a career.