How to use "penchant" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "penchant" in popular movie and book plots

She has a penchant for all things explosive. - Atlas Reactor
Antonio is a 30-year-old civil servant living in Rio de Janeiro, with a penchant for writing, who travels to the Atacama Desert in search of inspiration to write a novel. - Memories of the Desert
She is planning to go to USA for higher studies in Biochemistry The story continues with the growing love-hate relationship between Kaustav and this family with Kaustav's down market simplistic attitude and his penchant of forgetting names and attempt to speak English in which he is quite below par. - Akash Choan
It is narrated by Bruce Bennett-Jones, who looks back on the overtly demonstrative romance between Aviva Rossner, the Jewish daughter of a wealthy physician, and Seung Jung, a Korean American with demanding parents and a penchant for drugs. - The Virgins (novel)
Clementine has a big heart and a penchant for reciting poems that Uncle Digby teaches her. - Clementine Rose
His penchant for poetry (albeit bad poetry) makes him a favorite to her. - The Death of Halpin Frayser
Madoka Tsutsumi is an college student hopeful who has an emotionless and quiet streak that made others label him "scary", in spite of the fact that he is actually a geek with a penchant for analyzing. - Omukae desu
He recruits Inej Ghafa, a Suli acrobat turned Dregs spy; Jesper Fahey, a sharpshooter with a penchant for gambling; Nina Zenik, a Heartrender from the Ravkan Second Army; Matthias Helvar, a former Fjerdan Drüskelle thrown into Kerch jail; and Wylan van Eck, a merchant's son with some skill at demolition. - Six of Crows
Elizabeth is a celebrated obstetrician whose penchant for younger men has estranged her from her daughter. - Fifty (film)
Ikuo Ryuuzaki (Toma Ikuta) comes across as a bumbling detective with a penchant for smelling around for clues like a "sniffer dog" as put by his partner Mizuki Hibino. - Ouroboros (TV series)
Dad Fred, known to all and sundry as 'Spud' is a proud south London docker with a penchant for rackets, fiddles and schemes, hopefully 'nice and tasty' ones. - Cradle to Grave
His gang of colorfully nicknamed thugs includes Liverlips, Sam the Gonoph and Bennie South Street, as well as "Georgie the Chaser," who was dubbed that way because of his penchant for chasing after women. - Hold 'Em Yale
Ronan has a penchant for drinking, and one night, when Gansey realizes he's not at Monmouth and terrified that he might have tried to kill himself again, Gansey goes out looking for him and finds him in a church with a baby raven Ronan names Chainsaw. - The Raven Cycle
Emily Jones is a passionate and eccentric young woman, with a penchant for dressing exclusively in vintage clothing. - Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade
But Sammy’s penchant for such assignments is waning. - Veve (film)
He traps Bhaskar, a rich NRI staying in Uganda who has a penchant for women, and enters Saraswathi's home as his assistant. - Ranna (film)
The story centers around Utena, a new student at Ohtori Academy who has a penchant for dressing like a boy. - Adolescence of Utena
Later that night, after he begins to show signs of a fever, as well as a new-found penchant for hugging, Jake urges Finn to get some sleep. - Hug Wolf
’s penchant for covering up superhero based events. - Pilot (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
Despite her mundane penchant for playing video games, Mendle's conviction about the young woman's unearthliness is sealed the day they go swimming with dolphins and, as she pulls off damp clothing, he discovers the mysterious stranger has no navel. - Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel
Her widowed father has a penchant for satin cowboy shirts and embarrassing his daughter in public. - Blabbermouth (play)
Verena and Tinka are the school's primary troublemakers; both mock an uptight hall monitor named Abigail "Abby" Sawyer (Cook), who has a penchant for tattletaling, and Verena regularly buys cigarettes from a lunch cook and is constantly late for classes. - All I Wanna Do (1998 film)
It focuses on how they have a penchant to land in hilarious situations and later rescue themselves merely by sheer luck. - Motu Patlu
He traps Baddham Bhaskar, a rich NRI staying in Uganda who has a penchant for women, and enters Sunanda's home as his assistant. - Attarintiki Daredi
Utilizing Tracy's penchant for making horrible jokes about recently deceased celebrities, Liz logs him into Jenna's Twitter account and sets him loose, getting her banned from Social Media before she can endorse Mitt Romney. - There's No I in America
He further argues that "at the core of Campobello's narrative poetics lies her penchant for the grotesque". - Cartucho
Ishaan "Ish" Bhatt (Sushant Singh Rajput) is an ex district level cricketer who is a victim of politics in the cricketing selection fraternity, Omkar "Omi" Shastri (Amit Sadh) is the nephew of a Hindu politician (Bittu) who funds their business and Govind "Govi" Patel (Rajkumar Rao) is a geek with a penchant for business and numbers. - Kai Po Che!
Enter Joanne Webber, a hard-nosed Londoner with a penchant for role-play and her eye on this vulnerable Irishman. - The Callback Queen
She hates being restricted by Meimei, yet often has to be rescued by Meimei when she gets into trouble due to her penchant for heroic deeds. - My Mighty-in-Laws
Doug becomes romantically involved with Eva (Alison Pill), a hockey fan with a penchant for players. - Goon (film)
The next day, the detective in charge of the case, Lieutenant Tony "Baloney" Rossini (Mike Starr), informs Cash that mr Lassiter has been murdered, and that there is a long list of suspects, due to mr Lassiter's temper and penchant for making enemies. - Murder in a Small Town
After her car breaks down in the Arizona desert, New York socialite Amanda Lawrence accepts a ride from Jonathan Dartland, a mining engineer, and his friend Hugh Slater, a doctor with a penchant for liquor. - Foxfire (1955 film)
At Nirvana House, Micha meets dr O'Connor (Sutherland), who heads the operation and has a penchant for poisonous snakes. - Buster's Bedroom
Knowing Bisckits' penchant for trouble, Jaspa stays true to his word. - Jaspa's Journey- The Great Migration
Headed towards Hollywood, Rex (Richard Grieco) is a mentally ill drifter with a penchant for balls-to-the-wall gunplay. - Against the Law (1997 film)
She decides to go tell her friend the big news, only to come at a bad time to find out Run and her new classmate Yuko Nishi have gotten themselves involved in an embarrassing situation; which begins to makes things a bit awkward but funny on their first day of school, as Tooru begins fending off other people-(including boys) who might show their interests in Run while Yuko and their other friend, Nagi Tennoji, start dealing with Run's own penchant for drama. - A Channel (manga)
Hughie lives in the lodging house run by his aunt (Dunning), along with a selection of boarders including a kindly elderly gent with a penchant for Bible-bashing (Wilfrid Brambell) and a smooth-talking ladies man (Howard Pays). - Urge to Kill (film)
Continuing her penchant for going incognito among the people, she seeks out rebel leader Herua. - Sudan (film)
Ginko and Lena work at an unsuccessful strip club called Paradise Ikagawa Theatre with several other strippers, including Nene; Maria, an intelligent, red-headed gothic bookworm with a penchant for self mutilation; Lena, a fortune-teller; and Darna, who is raising money to see her siblings. - Big Tits Zombie
The Zip, who in Miami endlessly humiliates "Stronzo" Nicky Testa, demonstrates his penchant for violence with a cold-blooded murder. - Pronto (novel)
Sandy is her father's pride and joy and is studying medicine, but she also has a penchant for dancing and entertainment. - Alma de hierro
George (Freddie Highmore) is a loner high school student with a penchant for drawing and skipping class. - The Art of Getting By
Lou evidently had a lover who abused her and a penchant for sex with strange men. - Puzzle of a Downfall Child
LA homicide detective Jesse Stone, who already has a penchant for drinking, really begins to hit the bottle after he discovers his wife, actress Jenn Stone, is having an affair with her agent. - Night Passage (novel)
Cyril, an eleven-year-old with a nasty penchant for making trouble, comes to stay at the Place for three months. - Further Adventures of Lad
Here he meets Manny, a cross dressing free spirit with a penchant for women and architectural history; Mawepi the stout bouncer and translator for the clairvoyant yet reclusive Holy Mother Lucinda; and Couchette, an emotionally scarred erotic dancer mired in denial regarding her famous jazz musician father's suicide. - Asphalt (novel)
The only thing that stands between them and world domination is a brilliant but troubled high school student with a penchant for pranks. - The Brain (1988 film)
Nancy and Jack have several nighttime escapades along the beach, during which she displays her penchant for antisocial and disruptive behavior such as vandalism and breaking and entering. - The Big Bounce (1969 film)
Huckleberry Hound is in Africa hunting lions, but a smart-aleck "King Of the Beasts" (with a penchant for practical jokes), later known as "Leroy", keeps outwitting him. - Lion-Hearted Huck
While Kate's team is highly effective, Steve is new to the team, Jenn is a closet nymphomaniac with a penchant for hitting on her fake fathers, and a 30-day review is fast approaching. - The Joneses
But the accident has left him with a memory loss and a penchant for violence. - Kalishankar
Knowing her republic's penchant for foreign aid, Sally is approached by Prime Minister Sebastian (Steven Geray) about asking her friend President Truman for a loan of $100 million, to the consternation of Lichtenburg's foreign minister, General Constantine (George Sanders), who wants his country to be independent and self-reliant. - Call Me Madam (film)
Meanwhile, a seemingly schizophrenic young woman named Benny (Katie Wolfe), who has a penchant for lighting sparklers in alleyways for no good reason, follows Harry around and snatches him from the jaws of doom after he falls into the cult's hands. - The Irrefutable Truth about Demons
Donnie also has domestic strife as his father is a negligent alcoholic, while Duke's negative surroundings are moulding him into a deeply disturbed boy with a penchant for violence. - Darkhouse
Yogi (Voiced by Dan Aykroyd) and Boo Boo (Voiced by Justin Timberlake) are two brown bears who have a penchant for stealing picnic baskets from visitors to Jellystone Park, while park rangers Smith (Tom Cavanagh) and Jones (T. - Yogi Bear (film)
Enveloped by the high society and decadence there, Salvador is soon entangled with Gala (Arly Jover), a married woman with a penchant for celebrities. - Little Ashes
In San Francisco, Yung and Ponter share their penchant for both Sanskrit and opium. - A Son of the Celestial
Zachary dislikes the wealthy and privileged, seeing them as selfish and insensitive towards the less privileged; as a result, Zachary and his gang have a penchant for stripping the rich of their money and influence. - Crimson Skies (video game)
Taghvā'i introduces his viewers to Royā's penchant for story telling through a scene in which she tells a bedtime story for Shangul and Magul, the story being in reality a popular Persian children's story which is very reminiscent of The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids. - Unruled Paper (film)
He is courting Meera, a beautiful woman with a penchant for books and stories. - Pavithram
To this effect, they travel to Bucharest and kidnap Professor Lazlo (Bruce Davison), a genius historian with a penchant for vampire lore, who has been searching for the chalice for years. - The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
He finds two "vultures of the night", enigmatic noctivague figures with a high penchant for bohemian lifestyles. - Noite (novel)
There is an escaped rapist-killer with a penchant for magic tricks. - Roman de Gare
The next day, Detective Chuck Baker, a wise cracking cop who has a penchant for magic, is called to investigate Eddie's death. - Bloodmoon (1997 film)
Sota eventually finds a fellow Papico maniac and dubious ally in his school friend Kenji, who has a passing penchant for cosplaying in Papico's frock, to the point where he wears his Papico outfit under his regular cloths at all times. - I, Otaku: Struggle in Akihabara
The plot concerns Beaumont, a horse breeder with a penchant for gambling, who is down on his luck. - Kentucky Pride
With a penchant for melancholy, gothic mystery and abstruse Kantian metaphysics, Scythrop throws himself into a quixotic mission of reforming the world and regenerating the human species, and dreams up various schemes to achieve these ends. - Nightmare Abbey
Patsy, who has a strong penchant for alcohol, especially for a famous brand of champagne, and Eddie, obsessed with her curves and perpetually electrified by cocaine it soothes by countless different sleeping pills, have once been set May 68 but already on the barricades they were at a place that was not really theirs. - Absolutely Fabulous (film)
He has a penchant for exaggeration when he's not telling outright lies, and he publicly humiliates his long-suffering but passively complacent wife Kim with his shameless flirting with various women and an affair with Beaty, a friend of the family. - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Having just been sent away to live with his uncle and aunt in Indiana, teenager Sparke Thornton (Lon McCallister) has a penchant for trouble. - Home in Indiana
Jake has developed a penchant for engaging with a suspect crowd of friends, and a general teenage cockiness. - Outnumbered (British TV series)
The traffic officer is named Jong Bum and he has a strong penchant for beautiful woman. - Herb (film)
This stars Malisa Longo as the cruel Nazi Elsa, a former hooker with a penchant for S&M, a love for leather boots and nakedness, and a hatred of the French Resistance. - Fräulein Devil
Even his boyfriend, Manuel, who suddenly pays Pedro a visit and who shares his penchant for leather and latex, is not really the man with whom he wants to spend the rest of his life, although they express love for each other. - Cachorro
While at a coffee shop, Jeffrey finds a friend in one of the workers and later enlists her aid as his unlikely ally, an aspiring singer-songwriter, Nora Flannagan (Anna Faris), with an anti-establishment penchant and a soft spot for him. - Mama's Boy
In Tucson, Claire finds a penchant for successfully growing pine trees in the hot desert. - What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?
Lieutenant (jg) Pendleton, though married, is a womanizer with a penchant for the Navy nurses on Tulura, driving them off to remote beaches at night for seduction. - Don't Go Near the Water (novel)
The third film concerns a young revolutionary with a penchant for racing cars who meets a sultry older woman and whose father is later kidnapped by guerrillas. - Kiss of the Spider Woman (novel)
However, his mother's penchant for getting involved with the wrong type of men brings a very human monster into his life, Earl Knight (Kevin Gage). - Lightning Bug (film)
There are many suspects and characters to trouble DI Frost’s mind including; the mother’s client with a false alibi, the vicar with a penchant for pornography and a local psychic who claims she knows where to find the body of the young girl. - Frost at Christmas
Their powers were subject of speculation by the rest of Deeptown community, which is only furthered by Divers' penchant for secrecy. - Labyrinth of Reflections
He has recruited three other demons - Penny Dreadful (a young goth-type girl with crazy red hair and a penchant for self-destruction), Twitch (a half-crazed hulking albino man), and an ur'droch (a lethal demon who remains in its dark, shadowy form instead of taking on a human guise). - Angel Fire East
One amusing bit that highlights the Warner cartoonists' penchant for going to the edge of general public taste without quite crossing over, is this "eye chart test", underscored by the music connected with You're in the Army Now,: The missing line can either be rendered "You son-of-a-bitch" or "By diggin' a ditch", depending on the audience. - The Draft Horse
Alex is a married Junior Leaguer with a penchant for interesting shoes. - It's in the Water
Brian is hopelessly in love with his best friend Gretchen, a foul-mouthed fat girl with a penchant for getting into fights. - Hairstyles of the Damned
The story revolves around two main characters: Michèle (Moreau, also known as "Charlotte Rocks her Socks"), a free-spirited aerobics instructor with a penchant for gambling, and Janine (Grenon), a suburban housewife and home decorator with a cheating husband. - Familia (film)
(Garbo in real life had an average women's shoe size of 8, but her penchant for wearing mannish footwear in public and house slippers on film sets led to a popular myth of her possessing very large feet, and this was caricatured repeatedly in Warner Brothers cartoons of the era) In the next scene Edward Robinson asks Ann Sheridan: "How's the Oomph girl tonight. - Hollywood Steps Out
While investigating rich socialites, amorous naked vixens, an ex-con with a penchant for blackmail, and keeping it all from his sexy lady cop friend Beverly Mcafee, Cody puts himself in the crosshairs of the traitorous tech-spies who will gladly kill to stay in business. - Malibu Express
A prehistoric cavegirl named Tahra (Jezebelle Bond) with a penchant for passion finds pleasure in the company of archeologists when she is accidentally transported to the future. - Bikini Cavegirl
Cory, a poor Chicago kid with a penchant for gambling, gets a job at a posh Wisconsin resort as a busboy. - Mister Cory
While travelling through the woods, they encounter Sir Leonard Looney, a purple knight with a penchant for humiliating gags. - Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
(Frankie's childhood nickname was "Fragile Frankie" due to his penchant for emotional extremes, a trait that does not appear to have changed in adulthood) George pops in on his parents and reminds his parents that they didn't call him back, but they have to leave right away. - The Junk Mail
Despite their dislike of authority and penchant for making wisecracks and pulling pranks, the new doctors exhibit exceptional surgical skills and commitment to their job, gaining the respect of their colleagues. - MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
Li Bo (Tom Wu) controls drug exports in Shanghai, China, and has a penchant for French restaurants. - Out for a Kill
For a young man with a penchant for graffiti, he offers an ideal outlet for artistic expression. - The Ron Clark Story
Energetic Egghead is bouncing around, pretending to be a cowboy, until his noise-making gets him kicked out of the boarding house in which he is living by a clerk with a penchant for the minced oath "dad-burnit". - Egghead Rides Again
Unknown to his colleagues and indeed his employers, is that Stuart has previous criminal convictions for horse buggery and a penchant for wearing his dead mother's lingerie. - On All Floors
But it is not until Mike's niece Angela Stravelli (Amy Smart) informs him of Genevieve's penchant for meeting strangers through the Internet that Mike gets his first lead. - Strangeland (film)
Richard Gaddis is a small-time crook with a penchant for con games. - Criminal (2004 film)
In return, Japanese import Isuro "Kamikaze" Tanaka, a gifted left fielder with a penchant for crashing into the fence, is sent to the Indians. - Major League II
Lindquist's penchant for the truth pays off, for his novel gives us a Seattle we can recognize". - Never Mind Nirvana
Edward "The Torch" Garrotte (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a serial killer who has a penchant for killing women and setting them on fire. - Replicant (film)
These are later revealed to be solipsistic manifestations, bringing the story in line with Dick's penchant for subjective realities. - Eye in the Sky (novel)
Instead of killing him outright, Cressner reveals his penchant for striking wagers, and offers a chilling ultimatum: if Norris is able to circumnavigate the 5-inch ledge surrounding the multi-story building where Cressner live in his penthouse, he can have his wife and $20,000. - The Ledge (short story)
A panicking trolley worker reveals that the Evil Pigs kidnapped Tabby when she tried to protect a penchant that was given to her by Tomba as a gift. - Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Steve Smith, a raw recruit, has just completed his training and signed on with the Global Combat Corps as a star-trooper, but is quickly thrown in at the deep end: he is assigned to the hard-bitten crew of a space patrol ship crewed by the "Vacuum Cleaners" orCs for short; so called because of their penchant for clean kills, with little to no debris. - The V.C.s
Chuck has a limited vocabulary (his favourite phrase being "Unga Bunga" and not much else), has a balding head cut into a punk-style mohawk, eats whole dinosaur-steaks raw in one bite, and has a penchant for picking up rocks and throwing them at things, hence his name. - Chuck Rock
During the Christmas holiday season, Greenwich Village witch Gillian Holroyd (Kim Novak), a free spirit with a penchant for going barefoot, has been unlucky in love and restless in life. - Bell, Book and Candle
However, His many sudden departures may strike the reader as bizarre, given the human penchant to expect kindly souls to never do anything that may be interpreted as rude or as hurtful in any way. - Hinds' Feet on High Places
Given Serge's personality (a mixture of bizarre topic-hopping as his attention drifts and his penchant for brutal honesty), this proves quite a challenge. - Torpedo Juice (novel)
Robertson is a Machiavellian, intensely misanthropic man who spends his time indulging in cocaine and alcohol abuse, sexually abusive relationships, compulsive gorging on junk food, and, most of all, his penchant for "the games" – Bruce's euphemism for the myriad foul plots he hatches directed at workmates. - Filth (novel)
Through further methodical but tedious investigation, Halloran discovers that Backalis' accomplice on a jewelry store burglary was Willie Garzah (Ted de Corsia), a former wrestler with a penchant for playing the harmonica. - The Naked City
Rabina despises her new husband because he falls short of her extreme religious beliefs, his love of dancing and penchant for drinking alcohol. - The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
His penchant for racing a lagoon shark sparks a domestic quarrel; Lilli thinks he is foolhardy, but the liveliness makes Richard feel virile. - Return to the Blue Lagoon
The novel's protagonist is Yue Buqun's most senior student, Linghu Chong, an orphaned, happy-go-lucky but honourable swordsman who has a penchant for alcoholic drinks. - The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
Carteret’s niece Clara, recently introduced to society, is courted by the young Tom Delamere, a handsome and conniving aristocrat who spends most evenings nurturing his penchant for drink and cards. - The Marrow of Tradition
One ninja in particular who has a penchant for explosives detonates a wave of explosions throughout the castle. - Ninja Resurrection
Roark Junior, son of one of the most powerful and corrupt officials in Basin City, is indulging his penchant for raping and murdering pre-pubescent girls. - That Yellow Bastard
One day, after leaving her promiscuous daughter Caprice (nicknamed Ursula Udders because of gargantuan breasts and a penchant for indecent exposure while dancing at a local dive bar) locked up over the garage, under house arrest "for her own good", Sylvia is smacked on the head by a passing car and meets Ray-Ray Perkins, a local mechanic and self-styled "sex saint" who opens her mind to a whole new world of sensual pleasure, as he and his followers search for the ultimate sex act. - A Dirty Shame
Li Yilong (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is the town bully, known for his boorish manners and reckless attitude which have endeared him to no one, save his sister Feng (Vicki Zhao) who has a curious penchant for cross-dressing. - Chinese Odyssey 2002
She explains that her family's penchant for handing out nicknames based on genitalia is why she was branded with the alias Li'l Bit for life. - How I Learned to Drive
Among the group is Dennis (Timothy Olyphant), a photographer who often holds the group together; Cole (Dean Cain) a handsome, charismatic actor who — often unwittingly — ends up with other people's boyfriends; Benji (Zach Braff), the youngest member of the group, with a penchant for gym-bodied men, who finds himself going through some bad times; Howie (Matt McGrath), a psychology student who is known for overthinking every situation; Patrick (Ben Weber), the cynic of the group; and Taylor (Billy Porter), who has just broken up with his long-term boyfriend. - The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
However, Dariat becomes gradually opposed to the possessed, due to their brutal tactics and penchant for destruction. - The Neutronium Alchemist
Bennett, the first lieutenant, a mean and shirking disciplinarian with a penchant for bullying and canned sausages (snorkers), leaves the ship ostensibly for health reasons, and the junior officers are able to mature, with Lockhart gaining promotion to first lieutenant. - The Cruel Sea (novel)
The novel shows Irving beginning to develop a blend of comedy and pathos, as well as a penchant for fashioning quirky characters. - The Water-Method Man
The character Japhy drives Ray Smith's story, whose penchant for simplicity and Zen Buddhism influenced Kerouac on the eve of the sudden and unpredicted success of On the Road. - The Dharma Bums
Additional challenges to her success in the “marriage market” are her advancing age—she has been on the "marriage market" for ten years, her penchant for gambling at bridge leaving her with debts beyond her means to pay, her efforts to keep up with her wealthy friends, her inner most desire to marry for love as well as money and status, and her longing to be free of the claustrophobic constrictions and routines of upper crust society. - The House of Mirth
Foltrigg, a glory-seeking lawyer with political aspirations, known as "Reverend Roy" because of his penchant for preaching to juries, arrives at the offices of George Ord, the United States attorney in Memphis, where he is less than welcome. - The Client (novel)
It turns out to be the orangutan with a penchant for destructive behaviour and giving elderly ladies the middle finger. - Cannonball Run II
At the hospital Gord impersonates a doctor, delivers a baby, and meets an attractive wheelchair-bound nurse—Betty, who has an obsessive penchant for fellatio and an ambition to create a rocket-powered wheelchair. - Freddy Got Fingered
Tom is the son of emotionally distant alcoholic WASP parents who never quite accepted his sexual orientation and as a result is a heavy drinker himself and has a penchant for random hookups with different men. - All Over the Guy
Egg, an immature little boy with a penchant for dressing up in costumes, is the baby of the family. - The Hotel New Hampshire
The man's penchant for committing social taboos, like making love in the mud during a religious ceremony and slapping her mother, seems to excite the woman. - L'Age d'Or
Stevo's grades are excellent, and when his father—a lawyer with a Porsche and a penchant for younger women—sends an application to Harvard Law School and Stevo is accepted, he nevertheless rejects it because of his beliefs. - SLC Punk!
She returns after a few weeks in the hospital and accuses Ruth of being in love with Richard, especially after the dedication of Richard's new book is to "the gal with the hoe" – a reference to Ruth's penchant for gardening. - Leave Her to Heaven
Jack, a paranoid schizophrenic, thinks he is Jesus Christ and shocks his family and friends with his talk of returning to the world to bring it love and charity, not to mention his penchant for breaking out into song and dance routines and sleeping upright on a cross. - The Ruling Class (film)
Powell is a self-anointed preacher with a penchant for switchblade knives, a misogynist who is both attracted to and repulsed by women. - The Night of the Hunter (film)
Following the success of Jerry's opening night in London, Jerry follows Dale to Venice, where she is visiting Madge and modelling/promoting the gowns created by Alberto Beddini (Erik Rhodes), a dandified Italian fashion designer with a penchant for malapropisms. - Top Hat
The first five games in the series concern the renegade guardian of the planet Terra, named Sheltem, who becomes irrevocably corrupted, developing a penchant for throwing planets into their suns. - Might and Magic

Example sentences for "penchant" in interesting articles

Past president of the South Asian Bar Association of Georgia, attorney Roy Banerjee has a penchant for wearing bow ties and representing body shops. - Job brokers steal wages and entrap Indian tech workers in US
And it is best not to inquire too much; advisors or trainers who seem overly inquisitive may find their access to host military information or facilities limited. The presumed close U.S.-Israel relationship, thought to be operative at all levels, aggravates and complicates this penchant for secrecy. - Why Arabs Lose Wars (1999)
As you’ve kind of touched on here, they also had a penchant for announcing products and never releasing them. - The 68000 Wars, Part 4: Rock Lobster
Lawrence had a penchant for research that captured the cultural zeitgeist of the late 1960s, when explorations of mind-body interactions and consciousness research combined science and spiritualism. - The Bunny, the Witch, and the War Room
I used to think that the Left’s penchant for analysis and complex view of the world meant that the Left was smarter. - The Yale Problem Begins in High School
Rebecca Greenblat A recent UPenn grad and violinist with a penchant for statistics. - Two Years of Flatiron School
It is getting easier to police platforms, too, thanks to artificial-intelligence techniques which can recognise and predict patterns of bad user behaviour.Unsurprisingly, given Europe’s penchant for regulation, and the fact that most big platforms are based in America, European bodies have been first to take steps to rein them in. - Internet firms’ legal immunity is under threat
The flaws they exploit often are well-known and ancient in technological terms, surviving only because of an industry-wide penchant for patching over problems rather than replacing the rot. “You’re in Hackerville here on the Internet. - Quick fix for an early Internet problem lives on a quarter-century later (2015)
It is a personal thing. Analog August Toward the end of the book, after having investigated our penchant for online confessionals, the perils of public opinion, and technology’s impact on everything from sex to memories to attention spans, Harris writes about his decision to take a month off from the internet. - What it feels like to be the last gen to remember life before the internet
The flaws they exploit often are well-known and ancient in technological terms, surviving only because of an industry-wide penchant for patching over problems rather than replacing the rot. “You’re in Hackerville here on the Internet. - Quick fix for an early Internet problem lives on a quarter-century later

Meaning of "penchant" in English

a strong liking
Example
- the Irish have a penchant for blarney

Meaning of "penchant" in Hindi

प्रवृत्ति ( Pravritti, prawritti)
झुकाव ( Jhukav, jhukaav, zhukaw)
रुचि ( Ruchi)
झुकाव
इच्छा ( Echchha, echchhaa)

Synonyms of "penchant"

preference
predilection
taste

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