Sentence examples for dangerous traits from inspiring English sources

Depression-era America tried to tame finance's most dangerous traits by moving towards safety.

Saddled with the sometimes dangerous traits of being both hyper-friendly and a wimp (leading him to prolong relationships he should flee), Harrelson's cabbie is constantly in motion.

Nevertheless, special concern has been focused on such achievements for fear that they might result in the introduction of unfavourable and possibly dangerous traits into microorganisms that were previously free of them e.g., resistance to antibiotics, production of toxins, or a tendency to cause disease.

I jokingly describe myself as a "recovering chess player," and the joke conceals the truth: I spent much too much time on the game, especially as a teen-ager; though I played in tournaments and, at my patzer level, did well in them, I've come to think that chess reinforced several of the worst and most dangerous traits of the adolescent — or, in particular, the adolescent-intellectual — character.

A dangerous trait.

Canetti's haunting comments on crowds and fire noted that the most striking and dangerous trait of the crowd is "the propensity to incendiarism".

Each ball possesses a unique and sometimes dangerous trait, including one filled with uranium gas and a less harmful one imbued with gold.

And whether he is playing with phrases on purpose to cover up for mistakes, shifting statements for political gain, or simply doesn't know what he is talking about (which seems to be the likely reason), it personifies a dangerous trait that shouldn't be diminished in importance.

He sounds quite fun.But MacGregor had some very dangerous personality traits.

Nonetheless, modern historians agree that he also had many faults as king, including what historian Ralph Turner describes as "distasteful, even dangerous personality traits", such as pettiness, spitefulness and cruelty.

Jim Bradbury notes the current consensus that John was a "hard-working administrator, an able man, an able general", albeit, as Turner suggests, with "distasteful, even dangerous personality traits", including pettiness, spitefulness and cruelty.