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Example sentences for: leaning

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After a few serious minutes in which he defended himself fairly effectively against accusations of hypocrisy for leaning on the FCC on behalf of a contributor, McCain seemed transported back to his days at the naval academy, when he made it his object to acquire as many demerits as possible without actually being expelled.
Even if Gingrich gets back to the point where his colleagues will allow him to be seen in public (he actually appeared to be leaning outside the picture frame behind Clinton during the State of the Union), it's hard to imagine him leading a movement again.
On the right you’ll find a row of gargoyles leaning from the roof of the Palau de la Generalitat, the seat of government for the Autonomous Region of Catalonia, and a richly ornamented gateway.
Laziness is tartly described as, like Ludlow's dog, leaning agen the wall to bark.
I was leaning toward supporting a mainstream presidential candidate--Al Gore, because he's the only guy who understands that the budget doesn't much matter if global warming puts the entire planet under water--until I read this morning's Times interview with campaign manager Donna Brazile.