leanings
Phrases with the word
Examples
What he loved in horses was what he loved in men, the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them. All his reverence and all his fondness and all the leanings of his life were for the ardenhearted and they would always be so and never be otherwise. (All the Pretty Horses)
Lots of men are like that, their artistic leanings never go beyond a weakness for shapely thighs.
I've always been a liberal and I've always had strong socialist leanings.
My job is to pay attention to my children's genius and allow those leanings to lead them to their future.
As a result of that, at JoNova, “commenters often deviated to topics that reflected their political leanings or sparked people’s interest or sense of humour.
American Nineteenth Century History 2.1 (2001): His usual liberal leanings did not clearly translate when it came to believing that all races had equal capability or function, which was a common conception for the period in which he lived.