Vocabulary Word
Word: predilection
Definition: preference; partiality
Definition: preference; partiality
Sentences Containing 'predilection'
The current running down the Atchafalaya was very swift, the Mississippi showing a predilection in that direction, which needs only to be seen to enforce the opinion of that river's desperate endeavors to find a short way to the Gulf.
They seem, however, to have some predilection for the latter.
The funds destined for the maintenance of productive labour are not only much greater in the former than in the latter, but bear a much greater proportion to those which, though they may be employed to maintain either productive or unproductive hands, have generally a predilection for the latter.
The beauty of the country, besides, the pleasure of a country life, the tranquillity of mind which it promises, and, wherever the injustice of human laws does not disturb it, the independency which it really affords, have charms that, more or less, attract everybody; and as to cultivate the ground was the original destination of man, so, in every stage of his existence, he seems to retain a predilection for this primitive employment.
Correggio’s style encouraged Piola’s own predilection for diagonal movement, bright colours and strongly foreshortened figures.
Stripped is the title of a stand-up comedy tour by Eddie Izzard, and is a continuation of his style of comedy, full of "stream-of-conscious banter and predilection for nonsensical detours and frequent tangents."
Sumin used the same colour-scheme as Britzin, with a predilection for white enamel and the occasional unexpected turquoise.