All 10 Uses of
inclined
in
The War of the Worlds
- I am inclined to think that...
Chpt 1.1 (definition 1) *inclined = tending (having an attitude favoring)
- I rose and walked unsteadily up the steep incline of the bridge.
Chpt 1.7 (definition 2) *incline = hill (angle)
- A moderate incline runs towards the foot of Maybury Hill, and down this we clattered.†
Chpt 1.10 (definition 1)
- His mind was inclined to run, even as mine had run on Saturday, on military details.†
Chpt 1.14 (definition 1)
- Many of them, like my brother, seemed inclined to loiter in the place.†
Chpt 1.16 (definition 1)
- "It was not like the Heat-Ray," I said, and for a time I was inclined to think one of the great fighting-machines had stumbled against the house, as I had seen one stumble against the tower of Shepperton Church.†
Chpt 2.1 (definition 1)
- I am inclined to believe we must have spent the greater portion of a day before that awakening.†
Chpt 2.1 (definition 1)
- From certain vague memories I am inclined to think my own mind wandered at times.†
Chpt 2.4 (definition 1)
- It sounds paradoxical, but I am inclined to think that the weakness and insanity of the curate warned me, braced me, and kept me a sane man.†
Chpt 2.4 (definition 1)
- He was inclined to regard my coming as a great occasion.†
Chpt 2.7 (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