How to Use penchant in a Sentence

penchant

noun

• What Nikou shares with Duprat and Cohn is a penchant for the deadpan.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 June 2022
• At the heart of the band’s work is its penchant for storytelling.
  — Ilana Kaplan, SPIN, 29 July 2022
• And it’s got a penchant for extremes such as the climate cult.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
• Roberts has shown a penchant for this kind of thinking; the others, less so.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2021
• Trinket had a penchant for the surreal and the bizarre, and wore more than one McQueen piece in the films.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
• Its penchant for trying to take the lives of those who are trying to bring life into the world.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
• One constant: the locals’ penchant for a crazy-fun night out.
  — Brigid Mander / Photographs By Anita Pouchard Serra For The Wall Street Journal , WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023
• The press was also well aware of Ford’s penchant for swimming.
  — Michael Bartiromo, The Hill, 27 Apr. 2025
• The squad clearly has a penchant for the Crown, with some 24 Rolex models in the collection.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 July 2024
• Julia Roberts, who’s just a nice girl in a small town with a penchant for weddings.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2022
• Gee, who is seventy-nine, has a wry smile and a penchant for bow ties.
  — Oliver Whang, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2023
• But it’s Smith’s penchant for grand plans and big ideas that Miller believes will push the team forward.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 May 2022
• Lock just has a penchant for turnovers, even when the Broncos appear to be in control.
  — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• But for all the talk of South Carolina’s penchant for dirty tricks, the state also values the glad hand.
  — Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
• Known as a prankster with a penchant for great quotes, Burdette would have been a fan favorite in any era.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2022
• But the Saudi crown prince’s penchant for moonshots isn’t just a matter of words.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 May 2023
• The guy’s a good-looking, young director that has a penchant for younger girls.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2022
• Mescal even became a style icon, of sorts, for his penchant for wearing short shorts.
  — Louis Staples, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 May 2022
• Wright’s penchant for elaborate, over-the-top set pieces helps, too.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2022
• He was also gifted with a wicked sense of humor and a penchant for puns.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 16 Dec. 2022
• The dessert menu will cater to folks with a penchant for sweets, including chocoholics.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 31 Mar. 2022
• While dealing with grief, Fleabag muddles through life and love with a unique wit and a penchant for breaking the fourth wall.
  — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2023
• But the fate of the bill, and Biden’s own penchant to change his mind, have not been the only wrenches in the summer vacation plans.
  — DÁnica Coto, ajc, 11 Aug. 2021
• But the fate of the bill, and Biden's own penchant to change his mind, have not been the only wrenches in the summer vacation plans.
  — Jonathan Lemire and Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2021
• There will also be those denizens of the deep known for their penchant to skewer flesh or sever limbs.
  — Irv Erdoscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2022
• My girlfriend has a penchant for long stories, many times on the phone, which are trivial.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 29 Sep. 2022
• But, for those of us with sensitive eyes and a penchant for a good cry, Glossier’s Lash Slick is the best mascara on the market.
  — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 21 Aug. 2021
• Your penchant to take risks is amplified as Mars fuses with the North Node.
  — USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
• The bearded, oft-shirtless health influencer and supplement-peddler is hard to miss, what with his bulging, leathery physique and penchant for ripping into raw animal organs with his teeth while brandishing assault rifles.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 14 May 2025
• Revelations about Ashton have become more complex throughout Tracker's run, with Colter learning of his father's mysterious work with the government, penchant for asking too many questions, and affair with a family friend.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 May 2025