Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

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• He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
• The people following the coffin inclined their heads in grief.
• Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
• He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.
• I'm inclined to give up smoking after hearing of the risks to my health.
• "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
• The terp farmer made use of the plough, as is shown by the discovery of three ploughshares and four coulters.[...]Those who inclined to the stock-breeding theory based their arguments on the absence of ploughs,.
• Usage note: In this sense incline is usually used in the passive voice, and usually intransitively.
• To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.