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How to use predilection in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Predilection means a condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition. Example: “I have a particularly off-putting predilection for the utilization of ponderously polysyllabic linguistic constructions.”

Examples of predilection by meaning

nounA condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.

  • American operating practice aims at the minimum wastage of time by locomotives at water columns and coal stages, and this predilection for shunters with high capacity tenders is thereby explained.1941 November, “Notes and News: American Tank Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 523
  • It was an illusion, of course, generated by Clevinger's predilection for staring fixedly at one side of a question and never seeing the other side at all.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Lieutenant Scheisskopf”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 66
  • Marples' predilection for non-railwaymen in the highest posts.1962 April, “Talking of Trains: From guided weapons to the B.T.C.”, in Modern Railways, page 221

More sentences with predilection

  • I have a particularly off-putting predilection for the utilization of ponderously polysyllabic linguistic constructions.From the entry polysyllabic
  • Sal Federici didn't mongo, but he tolerated his partner's predilection for it.2013, Robin Nagle, Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks, →ISBN. From the entry mongo
  • Mucuna pruriens' Latin name may be thought to suggest its predilection, but actually means itchy.2007, Ken Albala, Beans: A History, page 95. From the entry enhancer
  • These defects may be more pronounced in the superior visual field, perhaps corresponding to the inferior predilection for the snowflake lesions.2011, Elias I. Traboulsi, Genetic Diseases of the Eye, →ISBN, page 520. From the entry snowflake
  • Polly couldn't abide Pat Walsh's bossy, jolly hockey-sticks manner and her curious predilection for calling absolutely everyone "babe."2003, Caroline Upcher, Falling for Mr. Wrong. From the entry jolly-hockey-sticks
  • Marilla’s astonishment could not have been greater if Matthew had expressed a predilection for standing on his head.1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 3, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston: L.C. Page, page 41. From the entry astonishment
  • But when the speaker resolves his foresong into a claim of predilection for the life (and poetics) of love, he does so.2012, Barbara K. Gold, A Companion to Roman Love Elegy. From the entry foresong
  • Some of the sushkas, which are thin dry rings of dough were even named after famous writers and poets who showed a predilection for them.1990, “Breads”, in Culture and Life, U.S.S.R. Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (VOKS), page 47, column 1. From the entry sushka
  • Some critics detected more chronic signs of 'numerophilia' in the analyses: a predilection for neglecting relevant variables that are not cardinally measurable.1988, Timothy A. Booth, Developing Policy Research, Avebury, →ISBN, page 93. From the entry numerophilia

Meaning of predilection

  1. noun A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.

Full definition of predilection

Questions about predilection in a sentence

How do you use predilection in a sentence?
Predilection is used as a noun. For example: “I have a particularly off-putting predilection for the utilization of ponderously polysyllabic linguistic constructions.”
What is a short sentence with predilection?
“Marples' predilection for non-railwaymen in the highest posts.”
What does predilection mean?
Predilection means a condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition.

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