How to Use disposition in a Sentence
disposition
noun
- A will is a legal document that is used in the disposition of property.
- Her disposition was to always think negatively.
- He has a disposition toward criminal behavior.
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The dog stayed in the backseat of a car on top of multiple blankets, its disposition seemingly changed by then.
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Charna Flam,
People.com,
10 Oct. 2024
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As the title would suggest, the lead (played by Samuel Le Bihan) doesn’t let that tough background affect his disposition.
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Ben Croll,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2024
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The disposition fee is a charge the dealership adds to the end of your lease.
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Elizabeth Rivelli,
Car and Driver,
3 Jan. 2023
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The disposition fee is spelled out in the lease agreement.
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Susan Tompor,
Detroit Free Press,
21 Oct. 2020
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Not all the Cubs, though, shared such a rosy disposition.
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Billy Witz,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2016
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The most telling sign of his new disposition was when he was doubled on the ball by Love.
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J. Michael,
Indianapolis Star,
27 Apr. 2018
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The records do not show any judgment or disposition in the case.
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Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
15 June 2023
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Lucky was such a good boy with a sweet disposition who loved to give back rubs.
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cleveland,
9 June 2022
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But nobody wanted to speak on the true disposition of the world.
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Juan Gabriel VÁsquez,
New York Times,
5 Aug. 2016
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That and her sweet disposition pretty much put it over the top for my wife.
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Evan Grant,
Dallas News,
8 Apr. 2021
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Something about the disposition in the boy appealed to me.
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Steffan Triplett,
Vulture,
15 May 2021
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Gee Whiz sired 178 cranes and was known for his nasty disposition.
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baltimoresun.com,
10 Mar. 2021
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As the thinking around death shifts, so have trends in disposition.
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Maggie Donahue,
Longreads,
25 Oct. 2022
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Deputies were sent to the residence for a disposition check.
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Katelyn Umholtz,
NOLA.com,
14 Dec. 2020
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Parsons had the disposition of someone who had lived through a war that had been lost.
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Kyle Whitmire,
al,
2 July 2020
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All dogs must be on leash and have a friendly disposition.
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Kathy Bennett,
The Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2017
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To those of a glass-half-full disposition, Europe’s prospects haven’t looked this promising in years.
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Simon Nixon,
WSJ,
8 Jan. 2017
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The succinct drink list presents seven wines by the glass and four beers (two lagers, two pale ales) that match the food’s sunny disposition.
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Los Angeles Times,
8 Aug. 2019
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Perhaps the sunny disposition is all part of the plan to stay positive… and get them back.
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Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
30 May 2023
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The rose gold tint picked up on my highlights, giving my hair a new, rosier disposition.
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Sarah Kinonen,
Allure,
31 Jan. 2018
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Sadly not much is known about the disposition of the case after the photo was taken.
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Craig Hlavaty,
Houston Chronicle,
6 Apr. 2020
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No one is stuck with the gender, face, disposition, race or class status they were born with.
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Ray Mark Rinaldi,
The Know,
4 Aug. 2019
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For many years, disposition of human remains has been thought of in two ways.
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Sarah Bowman,
The Indianapolis Star,
12 June 2024
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But some have the disposition and the spirit—the mettle—that inclines them to put themselves out there to help others.
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Kevin J.h. Dettmar,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2021
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The idea here is that it is based on some sort of individual disposition of the cop.
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Benjy Sarlin,
NBC News,
5 Aug. 2022
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For many years, disposition of human remains has been thought of in two ways.
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Sarah Bowman,
The Indianapolis Star,
23 Feb. 2024
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Combat gray skies with your own sunny disposition, the researchers say, to help beat that dip in tip.
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Lindzi Wessel,
Science | AAAS,
16 June 2017
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