The word "leaning" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone or something that is tilted in one direction. For example, "The tree had a slight leaning towards the west."
Sometimes you want to be leaning forward, writing, without any distractions.
The actor himself appears relaxed, leaning on Patrick, his hat at a jaunty angle.
The other Crosby insight – that Cameron should campaign aggressively on the dangers of a post-election deal with the SNP – appears to have worked well in winning back former Tory voters who were leaning towards Ukip.
Leaning forward to stay perpendicular to the slope, hitting the track mid-foot and trusting my luck on stray rocks, I really cut loose for the first time all week.
Leaning sideways, holding a cigarette, she looks both glamorous and powerful.
He accepts the question graciously but becomes animated, leaning back in his chair and waving his arms, as though the memory - whatever he may say to the contrary - stings.
Christie, viewed by many as the most moderate would-be candidate in attendance, reeled off impressive statistics from his re-election victory in New Jersey last year as he received a predictably lukewarm response from the conservative-leaning audience.
The commentator's take on The Giver may come as something of a surprise to Noyce, a documented supporter of Gough Whitlam's left-leaning Labor administration in 1970s Australia, and Streep, who has donated regularly to the US Democratic Party.
But the resource push is hardly exclusive to the region's left-leaning governments.
Perhaps Ukip will slice the rightwing vote in two, leaving the nearest left-leaning candidate open to exploit the schism.
Revealingly, a recent survey has shown that an economist's gender has a significant effect on their views about minimum wages, health policy and labour standards, with female economists tending to take a more left-leaning stance.
