All 22 Uses of
inclined
in
Jane Eyre
- To the Public, for the indulgent ear it has inclined to a plain tale with few pretensions.†
Chpt Pref. (definition 1)
- Mr. Miles, the master, affirmed that he would do very well if he had fewer cakes and sweetmeats sent him from home; but the mother's heart turned from an opinion so harsh, and inclined rather to the more refined idea that John's sallowness was owing to over-application and, perhaps, to pining after home.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- I had indeed levelled at that prominent feature as hard a blow as my knuckles could inflict; and when I saw that either that or my look daunted him, I had the greatest inclination to follow up my advantage to purpose; but he was already with his mama.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- Yes, in a passive way: I make no effort; I follow as inclination guides me.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- This lane inclined up-hill all the way to Hay; having reached the middle, I sat down on a stile which led thence into a field.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- Throwing these into distance, rose, in the foreground, a head, — a colossal head, inclined towards the iceberg, and resting against it.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- I had nothing else to do, because it was the vacation, and I sat at them from morning till noon, and from noon till night: the length of the midsummer days favoured my inclination to apply.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- I see her incline her head towards him,
Chpt 18 (definition 2) *incline = lean (bend or slope in a direction)
- "Eagerness of a listener!" repeated she: "yes; Mr. Rochester has sat by the hour, his ear inclined to the fascinating lips that took such delight in their task of communicating; and Mr. Rochester was so willing to receive and looked so grateful for the pastime given him; you have noticed this?"†
Chpt 19 (definition 1)
- You say you never heard of a Mrs. Rochester at the house up yonder, Wood; but I daresay you have many a time inclined your ear to gossip about the mysterious lunatic kept there under watch and ward.†
Chpt 26 (definition 1)
- You intend to make yourself a complete stranger to me: to live under this roof only as Adele's governess; if ever I say a friendly word to you, if ever a friendly feeling inclines you again to me, you will say, — 'That man had nearly made me his mistress: I must be ice and rock to him;' and ice and rock you will accordingly become."†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- She broke forth as never moon yet burst from cloud: a hand first penetrated the sable folds and waved them away; then, not a moon, but a white human form shone in the azure, inclining a glorious brow earthward.†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- "Sit there," she said, placing me on the sofa, "while we take our things off and get the tea ready; it is another privilege we exercise in our little moorland home — to prepare our own meals when we are so inclined, or when Hannah is baking, brewing, washing, or ironing."†
Chpt 29 (definition 1)
- I feel more inclination to put you in the way of keeping yourself, and shall endeavour to do so; but observe, my sphere is narrow.†
Chpt 29 (definition 1)
- And if you are inclined to despise the day of small things, seek some more efficient succour than such as I can offer.†
Chpt 29 (definition 1)
- I counsel you to resist firmly every temptation which would incline you to look back:
Chpt 31 (definition 1) *incline = tend to make (or put you in the mood)
- St. John continued — "It is hard work to control the workings of inclination and turn the bent of nature; but that it may be done, I know from experience.†
Chpt 31 (definition 1)
- I knew his thoughts well, and could read his heart plainly; at the moment I felt calmer and cooler than he: I had then temporarily the advantage of him, and I conceived an inclination to do him some good, if I could.†
Chpt 32 (definition 1)
- It is not saying too much: I know what I feel, and how averse are my inclinations to the bare thought of marriage.†
Chpt 33 (definition 1)
- I have always faithfully observed the one, up to the very moment of bursting, sometimes with volcanic vehemence, into the other; and as neither present circumstances warranted, nor my present mood inclined me to mutiny, I observed careful obedience to St. John's directions; and in ten minutes I was treading the wild track of the glen, side by side with him.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
- In the village school I found you could perform well, punctually, uprightly, labour uncongenial to your habits and inclinations; I saw you could perform it with capacity and tact: you could win while you controlled.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
- You will see what impetus would be given to your efforts and mine by our physical and mental union in marriage: the only union that gives a character of permanent conformity to the destinies and designs of human beings; and, passing over all minor caprices — all trivial difficulties and delicacies of feeling — all scruple about the degree, kind, strength or tenderness of mere personal inclination — you will hasten to enter into that union at once.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
Definitions:
-
(1) (inclined as in: I'm inclined to) a tendency, mood, desire, or attitude that favors something; or making someone favor something
-
(2) (incline as in: on an incline or incline his head) to be at an angle or to bend