The phrase "a tendency to bite" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone's or something's inclination or habit of biting, often in a behavioral context.
Example: "The dog has a tendency to bite when it feels threatened or scared."
Alternatives: "a habit of biting" or "an inclination to bite."
Many students beginning their senior project have a tendency to bite off more than they can chew.
An aura of self-confidence surrounds her, tempered slightly by a tendency to bite her lower lip.
I remember seeing a note in his office, written in his hand: "When I get upset I have a tendency to bite scaffolding, which is bad as I've already had three teeth capped this week".
The youngest Savoia though, is seen by many as just another pretty face, his pale blue eyes and perfect three-day stubble nicely set off by a few humanizing flaws, like a permanent slouch and a tendency to bite his nails.
According to a report in this month's Neurology, symptoms of rabies--such as a tendency to bite and an aversion to strong smells and mirrors--bear an uncanny resemblance to historical descriptions of vampires.
There is a tendency to bite off more than you can chew.
Dunn does a brilliant job of recreating Rome in the first century BC as an everyday place with Cicero's incest jokes; Caesar fashioning a comb-over to conceal his baldness; Pompey's tendency to bite his lovers; ingenious methods of contraception and the affectation of aspirating h's among politicians who were trying to sound like the plebians whose support they desired.
Despite their occasional tendency to bite, dogs boast loyalty, affection and retrieving dead game prominently on their CVs.
Then the cancerous cells spread from one devil to another, helped by devils' tendency to bite each other.
The blood-suckers get their name from their tendency to bite people around the mouth, usually at night.
Because of their tendency to bite and the amount of responsibility necessary for owning one, raccoons do not make good pets for children!
