The phrase "a tendency to react" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's behavioral patterns or inclinations in response to certain stimuli or situations.
Example: "She has a tendency to react impulsively when faced with unexpected challenges."
Alternatives: "a propensity to respond" or "an inclination to act".
It's necessary to start with these caveats because people have a tendency to react strongly, almost apoplectically, to any suggestion of weakness on Apple's part.
Human beings of all races have a tendency to react as Mr. Gates did, especially when they are tired, frustrated and privileged.
From George Moore's The Untilled Field of 1903, the Irish story has shown a tendency to react against the standard conception of the Irish story.
"I think there's a tendency to react to women addressing extreme violence that is to do with how we expect women to be," says Lyn Gardner, who has been a theatre critic for the Guardian for 20 years.
The commissioner said he had asked commanders to reassert the department's "courtesy, professionalism and respect" campaign, and also for supervisors to meet with any officers who they know to have "a tendency to react in their own way".
He positioned himself as a reformer, bent on redeeming a company that, he admitted, "had a tendency to react to criticism or allegations as hostile, or commercially or politically motivated," but was now "humbled" and "very sorry".
These free radicals have a high tendency to react swiftly with lipids, thus, triggering lipid peroxidation, a process that can lead to membrane disorganization and consequently reduces in membrane fluidity [ 45].
That is because they are designed assuming rational behaviour, whereas markets have a nasty tendency to react unpredictably.
Furthermore, AgNP has a higher tendency to react with phosphorus and sulfur compounds in bacteria such as the membrane and DNA, causing the bacteria to lose its ability to replicate [39].
Trait anxiety is defined as an individual's tendency to react in an anxious way, regardless of the situation [ 19].
"Whenever people feel threatened, there is a natural human tendency to react out of fear," he said.
