Example sentences:  

Ramayana: Hanuman’s penchant for adventure had got him into trouble with the sages when he was a child, but it brought him glory when, as an adult, he used it to serve Rama by single-handedly penetrating and devastating Lanka. 

Mahabharata: Yudhishthira’s penchant for philosophical discussions kept him engaged and enlivened even while in exile. 

Bhagavad-gita: If we have a penchant for a particular field, we can be most productively and joyfully engaged in that field — this understanding is the basis of the social division of labor known as varnashrama.