Sentence examples for disposed to read from inspiring English sources

We are disposed to read Julius's reflections for their so-called content, whereas we do better to read them in relief, for what they say about him.

Humans have always been disposed to read something symbolic into the grand cataclysms that nature brings, and in the hush that fell over New York, Washington and the other cities on the Eastern Seaboard you could hear an extraordinary peace, as if the storm had momentarily overshadowed the war against terrorism and the escalating crisis with Iraq.

So electorates are disposed to reward good economic stewardship.

He has always been difficult to read and is seldom disposed to offer any window into his soul.

But his favorite writer of all was Thoreau, and we printed a Thoreau passage on the funeral program that read, in part, 'There was an artist... who was disposed to strive after perfection..

But his favorite writer of all was Thoreau, and we printed a Thoreau passage on the funeral program that read, in part, 'There was an artist... who was disposed to strive after perfection...

As a non-normative declarative sentence, 'I approve of X' is passively disposed, Stevenson thinks, to be used by a speaker or writer who believes the world is as described in this case, by a speaker or writer who believes that she approves of that which is demonstrated by 'this' and is actively disposed to evoke a similar belief or cognitive state in an audience upon its being heard or read.

Others are disposed to listen.

He was not disposed to taking sides.

He was disposed to laugh at first.

I'm not unkindly disposed to her.