How to Use disposition in a Sentence

disposition

noun
  • A will is a legal document that is used in the disposition of property.
  • Her disposition was to always think negatively.
  • He has a disposition toward criminal behavior.
  • The disposition of these legal claims was just one more way in which any real reckoning with the past and its victims was suppressed.
    New York Times, 25 May 2021
  • Vinnie’s vision and his disposition were nothing like his father’s.
    Jon Wertheim, Vulture, 25 June 2021
  • But her pirate emblems belie a cheery, open-minded-disposition.
    oregonlive, 5 June 2021
  • The disposition of each case was not immediately clear.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Often conflicts develop over the maintenance or disposition of the house.
    Gary Singer, sun-sentinel.com, 24 June 2021
  • Piece By Piece is visually stunning, stylish, quirky, and the perfect film to get you into a sunny disposition.
    Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Mention of her father, who died of multiple myeloma in 2018, cracks her disposition, wedging words in her throat.
    Dwain Hebda, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2021
  • The defense has five days to file the motions, the report said, with a disposition hearing set for Aug. 2 and a motions hearing set for Aug. 6.
    Dom Calicchio, Fox News, 29 May 2021
  • Some of these perma bears likely do so on the basis that such wild market calls are going marketing ploys, and others are of a permanently negative disposition.
    Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Constantly seeking to maintain a cheerful disposition requires effort and energy, which can drain you when challenges persist.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The formal communication, which implies that the city must start the disposition process over or face millions of dollars in fines, appears to be the final blow for a deal that had been on life support for months.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2021
  • For example, based on a call disposition, a customer workflow including CRM updates can be launched.
    Laurent Philonenko, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • The disposition fee is a charge the dealership adds to the end of your lease.
    Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
  • The disposition fee is spelled out in the lease agreement.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Not all the Cubs, though, shared such a rosy disposition.
    Billy Witz, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2016
  • The most telling sign of his new disposition was when he was doubled on the ball by Love.
    J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The records do not show any judgment or disposition in the case.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 15 June 2023
  • Lucky was such a good boy with a sweet disposition who loved to give back rubs.
    cleveland, 9 June 2022
  • But nobody wanted to speak on the true disposition of the world.
    Juan Gabriel VÁsquez, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2016
  • That and her sweet disposition pretty much put it over the top for my wife.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Something about the disposition in the boy appealed to me.
    Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 15 May 2021
  • Gee Whiz sired 178 cranes and was known for his nasty disposition.
    baltimoresun.com, 10 Mar. 2021
  • As the thinking around death shifts, so have trends in disposition.
    Maggie Donahue, Longreads, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Deputies were sent to the residence for a disposition check.
    Katelyn Umholtz, NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Parsons had the disposition of someone who had lived through a war that had been lost.
    Kyle Whitmire, al, 2 July 2020
  • All dogs must be on leash and have a friendly disposition.
    Kathy Bennett, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2017
  • Parents and caregivers don’t need to — and shouldn’t — change their child’s disposition.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 9 Sep. 2024

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