How to Use predilection in a Sentence

predilection

noun

• Mark plays their nine-year-old son who had a predilection to dress in girl’s clothes.
  — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 31 May 2018
• To live in the world of his creation is to live in a world of his biases and predilections.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2019
• Wendi’s predilection for theft evolved from erasers to boyfriends to hot checks.
  — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• Hardy had great court vision and a predilection for putting teammates in the right place.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 July 2022
• Epstein has long been known for his wealth and his predilection for young girls.
  — Jane Coaston, Vox, 22 Feb. 2019
• The good news is that Congress is waking up to Mr. Trump’s troops-for-nukes predilections.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 June 2018
• This predilection points to a compulsive hold on the life force that had propelled her from the start.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
• Who would have thought a predilection for IPA might prime the male palate for Prosecco?
  — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
• Now, of course, Stone produces a beer for every palate and predilection.
  — Paul Hodgins, latimes.com, 6 June 2019
• Or a girl with a predilection for playing with matches?
  — Stephen Rubin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2017
• Nari is the restaurant that best suits the tastes and predilections of 2019: It was born fully mature and fearless.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• There are a lot of reasons why the wedding, by TV’s past predilections, should have been canceled.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 7 June 2018
• As his predilection for strip clubs was known, the police made the rounds of Clark Street’s dives from the river to Division Street.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
• Even so, the Blues' predilection for fading away in games thus far has been worrying.
  — SI.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• Their hubris is just as scary, their predilection for selfishness and lying is just as scary as the stuff in the cult of Lumon.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2022
• Aubrey Plaza is ready to turn her predilection for the strange and unusual into a feature film.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Nov. 2022
• The eight-episode series finds Dodger living a double life as a surgeon who still can’t shake his predilection for crime.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2022
• Along with a predilection for gambling, which concerned townsfolk, the miners brought with them or made bread starters.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 31 Mar. 2017
• There are three strains of wild polio virus (type 1, 2, and 3), and each has its own predilection for causing paralysis.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2024
• But behind the scenes, his department has shown a predilection for aiding the coal sector.
  — James Osborne, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2018
• Well, whimsy and Anna's predilection for barging in on him.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2021
• True to his own Mardi Gras predilections, Dark Hallway lit out to roam the teeming halls in search of sustenance.
  — al, 21 Feb. 2023
• Also called the coconut crab because of its predilection for cracking open coconuts, the species is the largest arthropod on land.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2012
• Moreover, Connor’s look showed the Londoner had read the brief (not always the case among those with a predilection for drama).
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
• Playlists written in pencil could be erased and rewritten as a predilection for the Pretenders gave way to the allure of the Allman Brothers Band.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 26 Mar. 2021
• This should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with my predilection for food that is brown.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
• Six of the 10 races are dirt sprints, and opening week last year featured a strong predilection to early speed, so too will our picks Saturday!
  — Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal, 29 Apr. 2022
• Mostly those things bore out the predictions, and many people’s predilections too.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 12 June 2023
• Seeking to turn the age issue on its head, Biden closed out the triumphant night by joking about his predilection for youthful fads like aviator sunglasses.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2024
• The old guard wrote them off in turn, while recognizing the number of talented younger mathematicians around the world who seemed taken in by Bourbaki’s predilections.
  — Michael Barany, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024