All 8 Uses of
inclined
in
The Age of Innocence
- Mrs. van der Luyden's attitude said neither yes nor no, but always appeared to incline to clemency till her thin lips, wavering into the shadow of a smile, made the almost invariable reply: "I shall first have to talk this over with my husband."†
Chpt 7
- But being shy and retiring persons, with no natural inclination for their part, they lived as much as possible in the sylvan solitude of Skuytercliff, and when they came to town, declined all invitations on the plea of Mrs. van der Luyden's health.†
Chpt 7
- Archer inclined to the former theory; he fancied that her New York was still completely undifferentiated, and the conjecture nettled him.†
Chpt 9
- Archer had always been inclined to think that chance and circumstance played a small part in shaping people's lots compared with their innate tendency to have things happen to them.†
Chpt 13
- Dr. Carver inclined his leonine head, and the Marchioness continued: "Ah, New York—New York—how little the life of the spirit has reached it!†
Chpt 17
- Her own inclination (after a month with the Paris dressmakers) was for mountaineering in July and swimming in August.†
Chpt 20 *
- Meanwhile the carriage had worked its way out of the coil about the station, and they were crawling down the slippery incline to the wharf, menaced by swaying coal-carts, bewildered horses, dishevelled express-wagons, and an empty hearse—ah, that hearse!†
Chpt 29
- His own fancy inclined to Japan.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(inclined as in: I'm inclined to) a tendency, mood, desire, or attitude that favors something; or making someone favor something