How to Use inclination in a Sentence

inclination

noun

• I have neither the time nor the inclination to learn about such matters.
• She shows no inclination to give in to their demands.
• He's a loner by inclination.
• My first inclination was to say no, but I finally decided to do what she asked.
• Would Vance have the power, or the inclination, to thwart them?
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• Many of us don’t have the time -- or inclination -- to do our baking.
  — Yadi Rodriguez, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
• But who has the time or inclination to do a full face on a hot summer day?
  — ELLE, 3 June 2022
• But my son shows a little more of an inclination to want to it more.
  — Jim Halterman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
• But those same inclinations can overrun your workspace in the blink of an eye.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024
• The spirit of 1961 — and the inclination to put a steep price on survival — may never fall out of style.
  — Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 May 2024
• There was an inclination to say to him that nobody talks like that.
  — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
• But most people don’t have the time or inclination, to say nothing of the knowledge or skill, to beat the market for long.
  — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 10 May 2024
• My inclination at that point was to say OK, no problem, good luck, your loss, call over.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2023
• Salazar said the first inclination is to assume a homicide.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 21 July 2023
• Still, to this point, there has been no such inclination from Erik Spoelstra.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• My first inclination was to look at the ingredients to see if there were any chiles at all in there.
  — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
• That was the case this year for Pearl, who had an inclination that an assistant role would soon come open on his staff.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• But, what has been consistent as the years have chugged along is the ability for many artists to cling to their inclinations.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 3 Feb. 2024
• That night the sun set at 7:11, which only furthered my inclination to hole up.
  — Samantha Mann, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2023
• Your inclination to have strong boundaries and protect your time is a good one.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• The inclination to share and to teach comes naturally to Mitchell.
  — Marley Marius, Vogue, 20 May 2021
• The Padres, sensing it too, show zero inclination to slow down or back off.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2022
• That was our first inclination that like, wait, this is special.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2022
• Foster good habits and an inclination to help around the house with this fun light-up vacuum.
  — Julie Evans, Parents, 22 Mar. 2024
• But busy modern life rarely allows time to create a home-baked treat if one even has the inclination.
  — Candace Nelson, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2023
• My inclination is to not bother with a reply, since the sender’s message is clear.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2021
• When the pregnancy news came, Mr. Clayton’s first inclination was to tell no one and move far away.
  — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2021
• In the short run, the Fed's inclination to either spike or take away the monetary punch bowl has been the key to the direction of the stock market for the better part of three decades.
  — Heard Editors, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022
• And if last year is any inclination, Dermstore's Memorial Day 2022 sale is going to be a good one.
  — Sarah Madaus, SELF, 20 May 2022
• Given those inclinations, Kamala Harris can pretty much bank on 226 electoral votes.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024