Sentences with inclination
in·cli·na·tion
I i - He had neither the time nor the inclination to think of other things.
- I've no inclination for such dull work
- Reviewed BY DAN RULE To many of the artistic inclination, the idea of world economics.
- His inclination to form a court where those inside could do no wrong and those outside could do no right became a habit he would never break.
- An inclination to talk
- Measuring the inclination of a wellbore (its deviation from the vertical) is comparatively simple, requiring only a pendulum.The drift angle is the inclination of the well bore from the vertical at the point of reference.The inclination of a wellbore is the degree to which it deviates from the vertical.
- Choice? What choice? Women academics under-achieving has nothing to do with biology or inclination, writes Leslie Cannold.
- Children's natural inclination to be active should be encouraged.
- The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body. Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination.
- Much against his inclination, he was forced to resign.
- Inclination refers to a more or less vague mental disposition toward some action, practice, or thing [he had an inclination to refuse]; leaning suggests a general inclination toward something but implies only the direction of attraction and not the final choice [Dr. Green had always had a leaning toward the study of law]; bent1, propensity imply a natural or inherent inclination, the latter also connoting an almost uncontrollable attraction [she has a bent for art, he has a propensity for getting into trouble]; proclivity usually suggests strong inclination as a result of habitual indulgence, usually toward something bad or wrong [a proclivity to falsehood]
- In sports his inclination is tennis.
- The door's inclination to stick.