How to Use penchant in a Sentence

penchant

noun

• At the heart of the band’s work is its penchant for storytelling.
  — Ilana Kaplan, SPIN, 29 July 2022
• And it’s got a penchant for extremes such as the climate cult.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
• Trinket had a penchant for the surreal and the bizarre, and wore more than one McQueen piece in the films.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
• One constant: the locals’ penchant for a crazy-fun night out.
  — Brigid Mander / Photographs By Anita Pouchard Serra For The Wall Street Journal , WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023
• The squad clearly has a penchant for the Crown, with some 24 Rolex models in the collection.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
• Gee, who is seventy-nine, has a wry smile and a penchant for bow ties.
  — Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
• But for all the talk of South Carolina’s penchant for dirty tricks, the state also values the glad hand.
  — Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• Known as a prankster with a penchant for great quotes, Burdette would have been a fan favorite in any era.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2022
• But the Saudi crown prince’s penchant for moonshots isn’t just a matter of words.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2023
• He was also gifted with a wicked sense of humor and a penchant for puns.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2022
• While dealing with grief, Fleabag muddles through life and love with a unique wit and a penchant for breaking the fourth wall.
  — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2023
• There will also be those denizens of the deep known for their penchant to skewer flesh or sever limbs.
  — Irv Erdoscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• My girlfriend has a penchant for long stories, many times on the phone, which are trivial.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2022
• Your penchant to take risks is amplified as Mars fuses with the North Node.
  — USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
• Still, the 1940 Pinocchio does have a mischievous streak, along with his famed penchant for untruth.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2022
• But there’s one corner of the world where the very online penchant for micro-shorts has yet to take hold: Bermuda.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
• In his way are a series of new enemies, faces from the past and a Frenchman with a penchant for torture.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 25 Mar. 2023
• Car trouble sends them to a killer air bnb where a psycho with a penchant for the Seven Deadly Sins awaits.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• Given the latter’s penchant for breaking box office records, the Queen Bees may be no more.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2024
• Saks Fifth Avenue Have a penchant for luxe skincare finds?
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2023
• As great as Burrow’s been this season, his still has a penchant for being picked.
  — cleveland, 2 Jan. 2023
• The 19-year-old has a penchant for paying meaningful tributes to the pop stars who came before her.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2022
• He was known more as a speedy forward with a penchant to score goals, rather than a left-handed pitcher who could touch 90 mph.
  — Drew Davison -, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
• Any efforts to do so are thwarted by the boss’s penchant for letting Nazis back online.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
• Soft-shell crabs can also be sautéed, though their penchant for popping in the pan presents a splatter hazard.
  — Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
• His penchant for clutch hitting separates him from many of the game’s top sluggers.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 21 Apr. 2023
• So, bondage, sadomasochism, fetishes, and role play are examples of kinks, and these aren’t fringe penchants.
  — R. O. Kwon, TIME, 17 May 2024
• Ruby Dixon has a penchant for bringing readers love stories that are out of this world.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• Isabelle has a penchant for color, while Christine is more of a minimalist.
  — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
• Price: $160 Best For: The giftee with a penchant for irony will appreciate this cheeky take on traditional advent calendars.
  — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024