The phrase "a tendency to continue" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a habitual inclination or pattern of behavior that persists over time.
Example: "There is a tendency to continue working late hours, even when the project deadlines have been met."
Alternatives: "a propensity to persist" or "an inclination to carry on".
Both in the family and the community, isolation could be subtle, but it could also be obvious and had a tendency to continue much longer than medically justified.
Mr. Birinyi said shares of companies that have done well "have a tendency to continue to do well, especially if they are being innovative and inventing new products".
I realize it's easier said than done because many have a tendency to continue adding things on impulse.
Wolsink [10] argues that while the deployment of smart grid infrastructure is crucial for further renewables deployment, there is a tendency to continue to neglect social determinants.
Kianzad tells me that the legal clubs have a tendency to continue after they're obliged to close, so they (quietly) cooperate with illegal clubs for after-parties, and sometimes even featuring the artist the legal venue booked that night.
We have a tendency to continue to do what we have done in the past, so we must replace non-virtuous actions with virtuous actions in order to make spiritual progress.
On the basis of the flow chart in our study, we observed a tendency to continuing UTI among women with preoperative antibiotic use in short-term and long-term, postoperatively.
There is a strong tendency to continue anything prescribed at any time regardless of necessity going forward.
Thus, poor performance following the disconnection cannot be explained by an increased perseverative tendency to continue to respond incorrectly to scenes where the initial response is incorrect.
Put simply, it's the tendency to continue an endeavor once an investment has been made in an attempt to recoup or justify "sunk" irrecoverable costs.
A recent study asks if present-moment focus can help correct for the "sunk-cost bias"—our tendency to continue down a path because we're already so far along.
