Sentence examples for worrying penchant from inspiring English sources

Then, a couple of years ago, he displayed unexpected (and rather worrying) penchant for Hollywood romcom slush, with roles in Letters to Juliet and A Little Bit of Heaven.

He was a first-term senator with few legislative achievements and a worrying penchant for honesty (in his autobiography he admitted to using marijuana and even cocaine, "when you could afford it").

Bayer Leverkusen came close to signing him, while Hamburger SV infamously sent out scouts who reported back he had a worrying penchant for distressed jeans, which led to the club hiring the more conservatively dressed Bruno Labbadia instead.

The most alarming part of the trend has been the second-half slumps that have characterized these games — in this five game winless streak the US have been outscored 9-0 after half-time, and continue to show a worrying penchant for giving up late goals.

A penchant for worrying ― which is a common habit for overthinkers ― is correlated with more verbal intelligence, according to a paper published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.

And those worried that their penchant for horror is a symptom of an underlying issue, experts stress there is no evidence for this – but you're certainly not alone if you feel unsettled after watching a horror film.

Pam Washington, 52, an assistant at a New Orleans Montessori school, said her support for Mr. Gore would be more fervent if she were not so worried about his penchant for exaggeration.

From the get-go, editors worried that his penchant for absurdity would harm the reputation of their publications as repositories of stories about tough guys who'd crack your skull before cracking a smile.

Though the movies Bork had watched were all innocuous titles like "Citizen Kane," politicians worried that their penchant for porn and other less highbrow genres would be disclosed pushed the legislation forward.

"Investors are worrying about the government's penchant for changing the terms of the deal," says Alan S. Blinder, a former member of the Federal Reserve and an economist at Princeton.

The precarious locations of Mr. O'Keeffe's businesses had given him a penchant for savings over investment, he told me — "the Irish are always worrying that catastrophe is around the corner" — and this left him in the fortunate position to carry the costs of reconstruction as he dealt with the morass of insurance.