How to Use penchant in a Sentence
penchant
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His love for fashion began early, with a penchant for thrifting during his teen years.
— Diana Tsui, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024 -
For those with a penchant for functional art, the craft of basketry awaits under the guidance of skilled artisans.
— Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
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 -
Brigitte Engl One thing that hasn’t changed from the ’90s, however, is Beckham’s penchant for the color black.
— Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2024 -
What art would a billionaire tech bro with a penchant for showing off put in his private Greek-isle palace?
— Esther Zuckerman, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022 -
In fact, Morris said, that’s when her penchant for speaking out began.
— Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
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