In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

hang Recently, you've been depressing to hang out with.
leaning Ziri was leaning his back on a tree, arms crossed.
penchant Women have a natural penchant for the mysterious.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
bent		rising
hang		rising
leaning		rising
penchant		rising
prepossession		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: set¹, bag¹, aim¹
4 letters: turn¹, hang¹, bias², awry²
5 letters: fancy², prone¹, queer¹, knack¹, bowed¹
6 letters: genius², intent², minded², liking², hooked¹, curved¹, warped¹, dented², flexed¹, bended², kinked, acrook
7 letters: twisted², leaning², crooked², angular³, embowed
8 letters: resolved², tendency³, inclined², disposed², penchant², resolute³, crumpled², aquiline, aduncous
9 letters: character³, direction³, affection³, deflected³, proneness
10 letters: determined³, homosexual⁵, propensity⁴, proclivity⁴, partiality⁵
11 letters: disposition⁴, inclination⁴
12 letters: predilection⁴
13 letters: prepossession
14 letters: predisposition⁵

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bias² = 2 syllables).