Sentence examples for western penchant from inspiring English sources

Some Chinese scholars suggest that the Western penchant for apologies grows out of the Judeo-Christian tradition, in which a simple confession brings prompt absolution.

And in a culture that traditionally put the community before the individual and erected strong fences around personal matters, the Western penchant for self-disclosure has also become firmly, if sometimes scandalously, entrenched.

They have developed a penchant for western brands.

"Our people are ashamed of themselves," he remarks, alluding to Turkish chefs' penchant for Western cuisine.

Desis on Twitter, Facebook and social media have denounced the video, commenting on the penchant for western artists to commodify their religion, culture and fashion.

The Imperial court was one avenue through which the penchant for Western culture spread.

Melvin said he believes Kim is still in charge, but was uncertain whether the Swiss-educated leader with a penchant for Western sports and European delicacies is in retreat because he is "recovering from something or simply not tending to his public duties".

A Western variation on the Japanese penchant for dressing up as Lolita or a woodland sprite, the current dolly culture reflects an impulse that's at fashion's core: to offer a stringently edited, blatantly artificial version of one's self for public consumption.

He had previously built the Van Corlear apartments — the name a reference to a prominent early Dutch family — but would soon demonstrate a penchant for American Indian and Western associations, constructing two smaller apartment buildings, the Wyoming and the Ontiora, in addition to the Dakota.

Born in the Comoros islands, between Mozambique and Madagascar, the man known variously as Fazul Abdullah Mohammed or Haroun Fazul was apparently radicalised at an early age, yet retained a penchant for US-style baseball caps and western technology, especially computers.

But it had become a staple of the Soviet bloc, with its penchant for centralization, and was well-established in Western countries as well.