proclivity in English
a proclivity for hard work
Use "proclivity" in a sentence
1. He has a proclivity for exaggeration.
2. He has a proclivity toward violence.
3. I have always felt a proclivity for Kilburn.
4. He has a proclivity to [ toward ] violence .
5. The child showed no proclivity towards aggression.
6. But there is a tone to proclivity too.
7. 15 The child showed no proclivity towards aggression.
8. In some places the proclivity to riot was especially marked.
9. This proclivity hinders their ability to respond effectively to challenges.
10. Autoerotique Asphyxiation AKA asphyxiophilia is an often misunderstood sexual proclivity
11. So even if the dictionary tells you that proclivity means a predisposition, it doesn't tell you that most people use proclivity when talking with light disapproval...or is that winking approval?
12. The etymology of the word proclivity is ironically appropriate for this flavor of usage.
13. Now there was added a proclivity to emulate the scale of French colonial rule.
14. Pakistan rejects these baseless and irresponsible allegations and the attitude and proclivity behind them.
15. Tom Lutz considers Aimlessness as a fundamental human proclivity and method, one that has been
16. The reciprocity is asymmetrical and in consequence it has a proclivity for extending outwards into a network.
17. "There's not much of a proclivity to invest right now, is how I see it, " he said.
18. It is those who had no proclivity towards will making about whom we most wish to know.
19. I am trying to help you, as I know your proclivity is to chase the first skirt that flares at you.
20. In the case of "proclivity" it might run something along the lines of "an inclination or predisposition toward something."
21. Doing this type of analysis, Mr. Gilbert of Proclivity believes, would stop retailers from sending out buying recommendations based on outdated information.
22. Although Franklin chose not to patent these inventions, his many other entrepreneurial activities amply demonstrate his proclivity for making money!
23. A barrier of cultural differences between American and Islamic societies blocks the American soldier's proclivity to connect with alien societies.
24. Tom Lutz considers Aimlessness as a fundamental human proclivity and method, one that has been vilified by modern industrial societies but celebrated by many religious …
25. But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.
26. Many bacteria are known to be able to tolerate high levels of arsenic, and to have a proclivity to take it up into their cells.
27. I don't have access to the Oxford English Corpus so I don't know exactly what it would make of "proclivity" but here's what I did.
28. To exercise the ferret: to have sex. An unromantic male expression equating the penis with the aggressive, hyperactive animal and its well-known proclivity for wriggling into crevices and tunnels.
29. Giving human characteristics to animals, inanimate objects or natural phenomena is a human trait called “to Anthropomorphize.” Sadly, as in the tragic Sea World attack the proclivity is
30. Apophyllite Meaning The meaning of the name Apophyllite comes from the Greek words that mean 'get' and 'leaf', referring to its proclivity to exfoliate like a leaf, when heated
31. A study from researchers at business schools at Northwestern and the University of Chicago concludes that testosterone levels play a big role in a person's proclivity to take financial risks.
32. Intriguingly, she found that the students with the rightward bias also tended to score higher on a measure of novelty seeking - a proclivity to look for thrills and new rewarding experiences.
33. Henry Paulson: A big part of the imbalances, in my view, stems from our proclivity here in the United States not to save – as a nation and as individuals, and to borrow too much.
34. I was listening to the radio where they were talking about a natural history exhibit on the mating habits of wild animals. The word proclivity came up in the conversation more than once.
35. The great Asian proclivity for thinking in terms of the long arc of history is absent in North Korea, the only country in east Asia whose leaders have no strategic vision for the long term.