1.   His mother, who doted on him and encouraged his artistic bent, died when Dean was a young child.

2.   Isabel Toledo is the kind of designer who appeals to women with an artistic bent or those who like to stand out in a crowd without looking bizarre.

3.   Just about all the members of the family have an artistic bent.

4.   Needless to say, architects with an artistic bent were frustrated.

5.   The three generations share a decided artistic bent, Edie and Emay painting watercolors together as Edie and her mother did.

6.   The son of a fitfully successful stockbroker, Ionides was a delicate, spoiled child whose artistic bent triumphed over a spotty formal education.

7.   As the aptly named Matisse, the carpenter with an artistic bent, he creates a memorable character.