Sentence examples for penchant in from inspiring English sources

Calderwood had a penchant in his days at Dunfermline Athletic for engaging in the occasional reckless attacking formation.

It's a harsh critique, but not a surprising one, given Mr. Crudup's penchant, in both his life and his work, for making his very attractive self less attractive.

In his address, which he delivered on Monday, after Obama spoke, the Russian President said that America had a penchant, in the post-Cold War, post-9/11 world, for promoting democratic revolutions abroad.

As has been ABC's penchant in recent years, the shows tend to appeal to women, which is consistent with the network's current roster, with holdover hits like "Modern Family," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal".

The word has been that Jackson has not been up to his penchant in Chicago for passing out selected books to his players, but O'Neal revealed that Jackson has given him a book by Friedrich Nietzsche.

Nor are matters helped by Mr. Moody's penchant in the latter half of the volume for windy rumination, much of it informed, it would seem, by his own college training in deconstruction and Marxism.

But he told Europe 1 radio that his former client had "violent penchants" in the past.

Considering the penchant for bringing in gay icons like Stevie Nicks and Patti Lupone, more for show than anything else, that analogy is more apt than it is bad pun.

Her penchant for, in her words, "tactility, visual illusions, and sensual aesthetics" is informed by her textile design background.

Still, Origin appears to have a penchant for companies in Midwest and those in Chicago in particular.

But Mr. Berle's broad humor and penchant for appearing in outrageous costumes -- typically wobbling in high heels in drag -- quickly proved a sensation.