All 12 Uses of
inclined
in
Hard Times
- The speaker, and the schoolmaster, and the third grown person present, all backed a little, and swept with their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels then and there arranged in order, ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim.†
Chpt 1.1 (definition 1)
- For, the boys and girls sat on the face of the inclined plane in two compact bodies, divided up the centre by a narrow interval; and Sissy, being at the corner of a row on the sunny side, came in for the beginning of a sunbeam, of which Bitzer, being at the corner of a row on the other side, a few rows in advance, caught the end.†
Chpt 1.2 (definition 1)
- The latter part of this speech was addressed to Mr. Gradgrind, who received it with a grave inclination of his head, and then remarked: 'The only observation I will make to you, Jupe, in the way of influencing your decision, is, that it is highly desirable to have a sound practical education, and that even your father himself (from what I understand) appears, on your behalf, to have known and felt that much.'†
Chpt 1.6 (definition 1)
- Walking through this extraordinarily black town, while they were getting dinner ready at the hotel, I asked a fellow whom I met; one of the working people; who appeared to have been taking a shower-bath of something fluffy, which I assume to be the raw material — ' Mrs. Sparsit inclined her head.†
Chpt 2.1 (definition 1)
- Most o' aw, rating 'em as so much Power, and reg'latin 'em as if they was figures in a soom, or machines: wi'out loves and likens, wi'out memories and inclinations, wi'out souls to weary and souls to hope — when aw goes quiet, draggin on wi'†
Chpt 2.5 (definition 1)
- 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.'†
Chpt 2.7 (definition 1)
- There was a piece of ornamental water immediately below the parapet, on the other side, into which Mr. James Harthouse had a very strong inclination to pitch Mr. Thomas Gradgrind junior, as the injured men of Coketown threatened to pitch their property into the Atlantic.†
Chpt 2.7 (definition 1)
- Mr. Harthouse inclined his head in assent,
Chpt 2.8 (definition 2) *inclined = bent
- 'An occasion, I am sure, not to be forgotten by myself in the course of Ages,' said Mr. Harthouse, inclining his head to Mrs. Sparsit with the most indolent of all possible airs.†
Chpt 2.9 (definition 1)
- Mrs. Sparsit was in good spirits, and inclined to be conversational.
Chpt 2.10 (definition 1) *inclined = in the mood
- Bounderby,' retorted Mrs. Sparsit, 'your will is to me a law, sir; otherwise, it might be my inclination to dispute your kind commands, not feeling sure that it will be quite so agreeable to Miss Gradgrind to receive me, as it ever is to your own munificent hospitality.†
Chpt 2.11 (definition 1)
- Mrs. Sparsit consequently had ample means of watching his looks, if she were so inclined.†
Chpt 2.11 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (inclined as in: I'm inclined to) a tendency, mood, desire, or attitude that favors something; or making someone favor something
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(2) (incline as in: on an incline or incline his head) to be at an angle or to bend