Sentence examples for always prone from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "always prone" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a consistent tendency or susceptibility to something, often in a negative context.
Example: "He is always prone to making the same mistakes, no matter how many times he is warned."
Alternatives: "constantly susceptible" or "perpetually inclined".

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Bell, always prone to clumsiness, spilled acid on his clothes.

Southampton were flying then and Arsenal, of course, are always prone to locating a banana skin.

The irrational outbursts of temper (frankly, she was always prone to those).

Discretionary funds are always prone to abuse, and so it is with City Council earmarks.

Otherwise this was an unusually narrow Spurs, with Townsend and Eriksen always prone to cut inside.

City councils are always prone to provincialism, and they're rarely composed of people capable of doing other jobs".

Waterman was always prone to darkness, but something permanently collapsed in him after he lost all three of his sons.

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Ultimately a community that cannot expect justice will always be prone to outbreaks of outrage.

I have always been prone to depression, but Rascal has made me a much happier person.

The Thames basin, surrounded by low hills, has always been prone to mist.

As a manager, Brock had always been prone to fits of temper and imperious perfectionism.

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