How to Use leaning in a Sentence

leaning

noun

• The food, with a slight Irish leaning, kept up with the times.
  — Philly.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Wild, a group accused of far-right and neo-Nazi leanings.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2018
• The judge said there was no evidence the two had neo-Nazi leanings.
  — Fox News, 13 June 2018
• How many lives have been saved because of their leanings?
  — Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2017
• The tenderness in this treatment is what lingers longer than any of the script’s Borscht Belt leanings.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
• Kennedy’s own leanings on privacy are hard to put in a box.
  — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 5 July 2018
• Kennedy's own leanings on privacy are hard to put in a box.
  — Derek Hawkins, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
• Is that leaning in to the similarity to that movie, or a little too on the nose?
  — Ashley Lee, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2017
• The bar menu features 25 wines, 20 beers on tap with a Texas leaning, and classic and creative cocktails.
  — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2020
• Add in the extra length of an adult user’s arm and some careful leaning, and there should be 6 feet between the exchange.
  — René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• But turn the conversation from names on the ballot to issues on his mind and his leanings are clear.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2025
• His leaning, short-handed jumper never had a chance to hit the rim and instead fell into the arms of Davis for his 13th rebound.
  — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, 15 Apr. 2018
• Gilley’s has played host to an event with a political leaning.
  — Dallas News, 8 Feb. 2022
• But the Ohio Supreme Court's political leaning may have changed.
  — Julie Carr Smyth, ajc, 1 Jan. 2023
• The pop-leaning song is the third offering from Minaj's album Queen, due Aug. 10.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 28 June 2018
• Two ovens that are separate from the cooktop are raised to prevent leaning over.
  — Brenda Richardson, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2018
• One of those 30-acre control sites is dense with branch-heavy trees, some leaning into each other.
  — David Helvarg, National Geographic, 20 Dec. 2019
• But Popovich has praised his defense and might be pressed to get creative as the Spurs continue to reckon with small-ball leanings around the league.
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• And in a nod to Sternberg’s utopian leanings, there’s a taxonomy to it all.
  — Sam Schube, GQ, 4 Apr. 2018
• But by October, the teen's Nazi leanings were spilling offline.
  — Justin Jouvenal, chicagotribune.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• So in that case, that is actually much more leaning on the sounds of real ape recordings.
  — Cristy Lytal, latimes.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• Arkera’s models tracked the leanings of Brazil’s politicians to get an early sense of the likely outcome.
  — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
• Catholics in Germany have long been known for their liberal leanings.
  — Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2019
• That’s sharply out of step with the country’s political leanings.
  — USA Today, 24 July 2023
• The tone of the coverage broke down according to the tribal leanings of the cable news audience.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
• The problem with this theory is that the head of the FBI is supposed to be blind to the leanings of polls and political scuttlebutt.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 16 Apr. 2018
• Her departure is the latest shift on a council that in recent years has become younger and more left-leaning.
  — Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2022
• The most head-turning statements, though, were those that embraced London’s punk leanings.
  — Vogue, 18 Sep. 2018
• But Russian officials were quick to seize on Hunka's ovation as proof of the far-right leanings of Ukraine and its backers.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• These recent dual looks incorporate Rae’s more wacky sartorial leanings too: A chaotic hodge podge of nostalgic colors and shapes, with kitschy graphics and accessories.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2025