(n.) Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
Example Sentences:
(1) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
(2) Flynn’s subsequent penchant for inflammatory, erratic and even bigoted statements left few, particularly in security circles, willing to defend him.
(3) Sir David Nicholson's bruising tenure as chief executive of the NHS saw him take a further battering from MPs as the public accounts committee criticised him over big pay rises for consultants and a range of other issues, including his penchant for first class rail travel.
(4) The paper’s headline reported: “Exclusive – selfie queen’s hell”, a reference to Karen’s penchant for posting slightly risqué photographs of herself on Twitter.
(5) Yves, a quiet, soft-spoken heavy metal fan with a penchant for band T-shirts and political protest, gives what can only be described as a Gallic shrug.
(6) Fortunately for his detractors, who bristle at his brash TV persona and penchant for bullying guests, Shimada conceded his TV career was at an end: "From tomorrow I will become just another regular person.
(7) "But she also divides the critics like that other old-school oddball, Norman Wisdom, who was written off as a witless, irritating idiot with a penchant for falling over by some, and seen as a comic genius by others."
(8) Ramblin' Jack, Corb has explained, did not acquire his nickname because of a penchant for long walks: in nearly an hour onstage, he gets around to three songs, including Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright.
(9) With its penchant for constant experimentation and improvement , one might even hope that China will draw lessons and apply them to all of its developing-country lending.
(10) The minister grew up in South Carolina, the son of a professional boxer, and said Ali had always inspired him – especially his penchant for rhythm and rhyme.
(11) For every cinephile that delights in Quentin Tarantino's penchant for opulent dialogue and magpie film-historian's eye, there's another who sees the US director of Reservoir Dogs , Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bill movies as a garish charlatan who survives on a habit of plundering the past.
(12) Donald Trump's loud mouth got him into trouble, and it will get him out | Jeb Lund Read more Despite Trump’s penchant for controversial comments – including disparaging the heroism of Arizona senator John McCain during the Vietnam war, which led to widespread condemnation within his party – Trump has maintained a substantial lead in national polls for the Republican presidential nomination.
(13) The further assertion is made that, for Malcolm, his father was suicidogenic; and established this penchant in Malcolm (through his neglect, active rejection, fearsomeness, and his fixed attention to his own writing--Redburn, White Jacket, and Moby Dick) within the first 2 years of Malcolm's life.
(14) Instead of listing your penchant for post-punk bands, Facebook profiles are more likely to mention your political persuasion, degree subject and love of cricket.
(15) I arrived back at Baker Street to find Holmes playing a mournful Webern sonata on the violin and for a moment I feared he had succumbed once more to his penchant for cocaine.
(16) But a penchant for facial hair, low-neck T-shirts, sourdough and craft beer is not a prerequisite for being a terrible person.
(17) Our brothers, with their cool logic (despite their penchant for mismatched socks), and our ruthlessly honest best mates.
(18) He added that he has in the past met Lebedev and although he "personally likes" the Russian oligarch, he recognised that he has a penchant for giving, at times, colourful interviews.
(19) Grace Mugabe, nicknamed “Gucci Grace” for her penchant for shopping, could, if unrestrained, indeed attain the highest office in the land.
(20) In 1995, when Williams walked out on his boyband, he bounded into Liam's rock'n'roll life with ease – because although he had once writhed around in jelly , he also had a rebellious side with a penchant for Adidas jackets, booze, birds and fags.
Yen
Definition:
(pl. ) of Ye
(n.) The unit of value and account in Japan. Since Japan's adoption of the gold standard, in 1897, the value of the yen has been about 50 cents. The yen is equal to 100 sen.
Example Sentences:
(1) Its struggling mobile phone business resulted in a net loss of 136 billion yen for the three months to September, although that figure was smaller than analysts had predicted.
(2) Tepco, meanwhile, has secured 2tn yen in loans to rebuild its power supply networks, which was badly damaged in the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.
(3) The stamps, which were similar in paper and size to Japanese 10-yen postage stamps, were wrapped around the penis before sleep and the stamp ring was checked for breakage the next morning.
(4) There has been little impact on interest rates, banks have not increased their lending and the yen has risen on the foreign exchanges - the opposite of what was planned - because investors fear that the Bank of Japan is fast running out of ammunition.
(5) Senior Yen Trader: hey ...you think we be able to convince [Primary Submitter] to change the libor today?
(6) Some analysts say compensation payouts could top £80bn Tepco's losses exceed the 812bn yen deficit suffered by Japan's biggest telephone utility, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, in 2002.
(7) Ogatsu's struggle is being repeated across Japan's north-east, where the tsunami caused 1.2tn yen of damage to the fishing industry.
(8) But he acknowledged that some staff from his office had billed 18,230 yen ($170) as entertainment expenses during a visit in September 2010, Jiji Press news agency said.
(9) Olivier Blanchard, IMF director of research, said: “New factors supporting growth – lower oil prices, but also depreciation of euro and yen – are more than offset by persistent negative forces, including the lingering legacies of the crisis and lower potential growth in many countries”.
(10) 2.04pm GMT Reactions to stronger-than-expected US payrolls The dollar has rallied againt the euro and yen after the stronger-than-expected 204,000 headline number in the US non-farm payrolls report for October.
(11) Twenty-one individuals at RBS were involved in manipulating the yen and Swiss franc Libor "either falsely high … or falsely low", according to the CFTC, which in turn helped the profitability of swaps positions held by the bailed-out bank.
(12) But a better explanation would be that concerns elsewhere overwhelmed the BOJ action.” In the 11 days since the BOJ board’s announcement, the benchmark Nikkei index has fallen 8.5%, despite a sharp rebound on Monday, while the yen has climbed 6.5% against the dollar.
(13) The yen has fallen against the dollar, helping boost Japan's export sector.
(14) On the other hand, not many infants would participate in re-screening for detection of false negative cases, since the percentage of mothers who were willing to make their children take part in re-screening for a fee of 1,000 yen (about 7 U.S. dollars, which would be administratively necessary) was less than 60%.
(15) The latest signs that France could be given some leeway came as the yen fell to its lowest level against the dollar for two years as the government of recession-hit Japan was formally sworn in.
(16) Last week, police arrested Mitsutomo Furuichi, a former wrestler, for allegedly demanding that Kotomitsuki pay him more than 100m yen (£745,000) in return for Furuichi keeping quiet about Kotomitsuki's gambling habit.
(17) Weaker growth in China weighs on demand, while the depreciation of the yen is making supply more competitive."
(18) As finance minister, he approved three interventions in the global currency markets in attempt to weaken the yen.
(19) And Yoshihiko Noda , the finance minister, said the yen's strength had become a problem "that could not be overlooked".
(20) Yen Trader 2: FYI libors higher again today […] Yen Trader 4: 'ucksake.