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Six example sentences with penchant, each labelled with its topic.
Her penchant for smoked paprika shows up in almost every dish she serves, from breakfast eggs to Sunday stew.
Cooking
He has a penchant for stealth builds, and he will replay an entire level rather than trigger a single alarm.
Gaming
A penchant for shooting at dawn means she is on the ridge with her tripod hours before anyone else arrives.
Photography
The point guard's penchant for behind-the-back passes delights the crowd and terrifies his coach in equal measure.
Basketball
Her penchant for small, boring utility stocks looked dull for years and then carried the portfolio through the crash.
Finance
The novelist's penchant for unfinished sentences drives some readers away and keeps the rest turning pages.
Literature
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