How to Use incline in a Sentence

incline

1 of 2 verb

• She listened with her eyes closed and her head inclined.
• His love of books inclined him toward a literary career.
• The road inclines at an angle of about 12 degrees.
• By 1620, the Wampanoags had had enough, and were inclined to chase off any ship that sought to land.
  — Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
• If the media is inclined to think highly of the local brass, the thumbs go up.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2023
• But as a researcher with a Ph.D., he was not inclined to indulge in that kind of thinking.
  — Scott Craven, azcentral, 11 Nov. 2019
• If this was a normal year and the U.K. was hosting on behalf of ourselves, I’d be inclined to agree with that.
  — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2023
• Is picking out presents for the fashion-inclined in your life proving to be a challenge?
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2019
• But even if Toomin were inclined to offer the job to someone else, there may be few takers.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2019
• The propensity on the part of these men — and much of humankind, for that matter — to incline toward the light is no surprise.
  — Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2021
• You might first be inclined to drizzle it over tomatoes or use it to dress a salad.
  — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• That suggested that it's now inclined to begin cutting rates for the first time in more than a decade.
  — Martin Crutsinger, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2019
• Instead the moon’s orbit is inclined to the ecliptic plane by about five degrees.
  — Simon J. Lock, Scientific American, 2 July 2019
• Perhaps this will incline John Spanos to look elsewhere.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2023
• Dogs may also be inclined to bury toys, treats, or bones when they're being overfed.
  — Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2023
• Researchers suggest that the more effective the drug is, the more likely a person will be inclined to stay on it.
  — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2024
• For the cycling-inclined, biking to the U.S. Open is an excellent option.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• Perhaps some football fans might be inclined to buy one now?
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• Or it could be caused by a massive planet with an orbit that's highly inclined from that line of sight.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2019
• Food puzzles test their mettle, while staffers read stories to pets who may be inclined to perk up their ears.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2023
• That her requirements cannot, in all likelihood, be met, does not incline her to lessen them.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019
• Since the 1970s, dogs have been trained to nimbly jump through hoops, scale inclines, and weave between poles in order to demonstrate agility.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 June 2023
• The rest of them may not be inclined to cheat, but many of them are not particularly happy with the IRS, either.
  — Madeline Fry, Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2020
• Added to this, central banks seem to be favourably inclined towards big bank bailouts, while small banks are seen as dispensable.
  — Richard Werner, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2023
• Tourists may also be inclined to catch a hockey game, sample craft beer, and take a trip to the famous CN Tower to get unmatched views of the city.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2023
• Mecking offered a few more suggestions for the niksen-inclined.
  — Emily Maloney, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2019
• Each will likely command top of the market salaries, and the Colts will be inclined to pay up for two of their best players and locker room leaders.
  — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 2 June 2020
• Holed up on another island, this time off the coast of British Columbia, Philip Weiss, 33, feels inclined to stay put.
  — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2020
• Both incline you to be not just deferential, but grateful.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
• The logic behind celebrity endorsement in the age of TikTok and Instagram is sound, but is that segment of the market inclined to spend a lot of money on whisky?
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024

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incline

2 of 2 noun

• You can adjust the incline of the ramp.
• We drove up a steep incline to the summit.
• The hike to the tree is also about two miles and has an incline.
  — oregonlive, 26 June 2023
• As the pair came down an incline, Green could not stop.
  — WIRED, 19 June 2023
• If the incline feels too high, try setting the treadmill at 10 to start.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
• Proceed onto the trail that veers to the right, which starts up a steep incline.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2023
• This allows the Voyager to make quick work of hills and steep inclines.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024
• The right side of car went up and over beginning of rock incline.
  — Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
• The street was a gradual incline, and as the years passed, Philip would have to take a break at the midway point.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022
• The trail is wide and flat for the majority of the hike, though there are a few inclines on the second half.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
• At five feet long, this ramp is ideal for a short incline.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2023
• Statewide harvest dropped off in the early 2000s, but has made a steady incline since then.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 1 June 2023
• The narrow ramp has a steep incline, with walls on either side.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• Two: The angle of incline from the rim to the floor is 30.5 degrees, steeper than Mount Everest.
  — WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
• Perform your push-up on an incline, with your hands on a bench, chair, or couch.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 1 Mar. 2023
• Beshore skidded around a turn, then stopped on an incline.
  — Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
• The construction site hemmed in by large boulders, rocks and the ocean on one side and a steep incline on the other.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• There is a steady incline moving to the highest point in Ohio, Bellefontaine.
  — John Pana, cleveland, 4 Apr. 2022
• The car was pushed up the incline driveway and the driver was on her way within about 20 minutes.
  — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2022
• There's a steep incline, rough pavement, and no shortage of glass and potholes along the trail.
  — PEOPLE.com, 8 July 2022
• At the top of a gentle incline there were already fresh graves dug in the frozen earth, waiting for the latest coffins from the front.
  — Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books, 26 Jan. 2023
• Despite the hill’s steep incline, crews were able to remove the two victims from the crash site at Glen Canyon Park.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 28 Dec. 2023
• The three stars went stride-for-stride through most of the 5K, and on the final uphill incline, Bergeron surged to test his two foes.
  — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
• The boy sprang loose from his father and then up an incline and the father ran after and held on, as the child plunged about.
  — Diane Williams, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
• The higher the incline, the easier the exercise should be.
  — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 27 Dec. 2022
• While the incline is hardcore, you’ll be rewarded with a view of pretty Fern Lake at the top.
  — By sunset, Sunset Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• Knocking the incline down to 9% is better than falling off the treadmill.
  — L'oreal Thompson Payton, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2022
• The lesser motor does struggle with any kind of slight incline, and slopes drain the battery fast.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 16 Jan. 2022
• Part of the hike requires hiking a fairly steep incline.
  — courant.com, 3 Feb. 2022
• If your partner tends to be a snorer, a gentle incline of the head can help ease it up and give you both a good night’s rest.
  — Men's Health, 8 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024