How to Use penchant in a Sentence

penchant

noun

• What Nikou shares with Duprat and Cohn is a penchant for the deadpan.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 June 2022
• 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 it’s Smith’s penchant for grand plans and big ideas that Miller believes will push the team forward.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 May 2022
• 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
• The guy’s a good-looking, young director that has a penchant for younger girls.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2022
• Mescal even became a style icon, of sorts, for his penchant for wearing short shorts.
  — Louis Staples, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 May 2022
• He was also gifted with a wicked sense of humor and a penchant for puns.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2022
• The dessert menu will cater to folks with a penchant for sweets, including chocoholics.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 31 Mar. 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
• Kim also joked about Hong’s penchant for typing in all caps.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 10 May 2022
• The song is a reminder of Allison’s penchant for pleasure and play.
  — Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
• 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
• To capitalize on this penchant for place-hopping, the Shady Rays brand centers on products that can stand the rigors of outdoor exploration.
  — Jeff Fromm, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
• Mosaic Tiles Gibson says mosaic tiles are a classic tile trend that’s coming back into popularity due to their penchant for adding self-expression to a space.
  — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Jan 2025