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Example sentences for "inclinations"

Lexicographically close words:
inclemency; inclement; inclina; inclinable; inclination; incline; inclined; inclines; inclineth; inclining
  1. It is probable that even his love for humanity will be prudent and somewhat short-winded, for he desires to meddle with the world of inclinations and of blindness only as far as is necessary for the purpose of knowledge.

  2. If Christ were of the seed of Adam, He would have the {144} nature and inclinations of Adam.

  3. We are easily persuaded, when our own inclinations already concur with a proposal; and even good men are very liable to misinterpret the intimations of Providence, whenever they consult their own feelings rather than the word of God.

  4. He had the most winning tongue, and the aptest spirit in the world to divine the natural inclinations of those he consorted with.

  5. One child is of course obliged to sacrifice his inclinations and personate Christian.

  6. They have subordinated--as designers do not invariably do--their instinctive methods and capricious inclinations to a careful study of their subject.

  7. He chose the practice of common law as his means, while his inclinations were looking upwards to political affairs as his end.

  8. They have neither courage, leaders, money, or inclinations to rebel.

  9. In short, Swarms of different Inclinations succeeded each other; but at last, after a long debate with my self, I resolv'd to return to Paris.

  10. To me, however, they would be a law, even did not my own inclinations second them.

  11. And, when the soul has consumed all the evil inclinations of the body, God consumes all the imperfections of the soul.

  12. Some of the events of this year are again predominantly external, or but continuations or consequences of previous inclinations of her will.

  13. As the inclinations and circumstances of consumers cannot be reduced to any rule, so neither can the proportions in which the two commodities will be interchanged.

  14. What this point might be, would entirely depend upon the circumstances and inclinations of the purchasers on both sides.

  15. Afterward, yielding to the inclinations of his nature and his taste for classical antiquity, Merezhkovsky insensibly changed.

  16. Nevertheless, Tokarev tries, at times, to justify his inclinations towards peaceable bourgeois prosperity to the struggling youth who surround his sister Tanya.

  17. The visit was, indeed, extended two days beyond that time; for the count and countess so pressed him that he was glad to give way, especially as his own inclinations strongly seconded their entreaties.

  18. Now we have seen that any statement about the velocities of the spots in the plane is really a statement about the inclinations of the threads to the plane.

  19. At last they apprehended certain general tendencies—such as that towards the centre of the valley, and they explained many inclinations which had before been puzzling to them by this.

  20. Thus the principle of the conservation of energy gives a condition which must be satisfied by the inclinations of the threads of the plane.

  21. Their inclinations lead them to admire what is beautiful in preference to what is true of build, useful, and safe.

  22. Sometimes a matter of much less moment, an expression or a jest, better informs us of their characters and inclinations than battles with the slaughter of tens of thousands, and the greatest arrays of armies or sieges of cities.

  23. She therefore carefully concealed the inclinations and wishes of her heart from the keen eye of the observer, and allowed nothing to be perceived.

  24. So in metrics also the children, following the natural inclinations of their growth, pass from sensory discipline, to intelligent cognition, and graphic representation.

  25. It nevertheless subsisted according to the feelings and inclinations of the parties interested," said the duchess; "and it was based on honour, if on no legal principle.

  26. In my Opinion then, though Men might have Curiosity enough, the Question was purposely evaded, under an Apprehension that an honest Answer must inevitably give a higher Idea of the General than their Inclinations led them to.

  27. And I am emboldened to ask this, because I feel assured it must be consonant to your Majesty's own inclinations to grant the request.

  28. We only desired to consult wi' Buckingham to ascertain whether he had ony objections; but as this is altogether unlikely, we will follow our ain inclinations and do as your Excellency suggests.

  29. His colleagues made dignified inclinations in return, and the silent communication ceased.

  30. Donna Giulietta was not permitted to go unattended to her boat, for this was a family in which the inclinations had fortunately seconded the ordinary calculations of interest when the nuptial knot was tied.


  31. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inclinations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.