We are inclined to think that most dogs bite. - English example sentence

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Swift December 17, 2010 December 17, 2010 at 4:28:01 PM UTC

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@TC: "Inclined" or "tend to". The latter would make more sense...

Swift December 17, 2010 December 17, 2010 at 5:21:01 PM UTC

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"be inclined to" ~= "tend to" (but not old-fashioned at all)

In my view, inclinations are tendencies that have a particular cause (e.g. I'm inclined to think that coffee is bad for my health. Now that 've given it up I get less often sick.) whereas tendencies are simple statistics (e.g. I tend to drink coffee in the morning.). Being inclined to drink coffee in the morning implies to me a particular reason such as helping one to wake up.