Sentence examples for having a proclivity for from inspiring English sources

Michael German, a former F.B.I. agent who now works for the A.C.L.U., connected the ethnic mapping to a controversy over F.B.I. training and reference materials, first reported by Wired magazine, that portrayed all Muslims as having a proclivity for terrorism.

And Bertie had a proclivity for it.

She had a proclivity for using fancy words.

But it soon becomes apparent that he has a proclivity for substituting hyperbole for insight.

Need I say anything about which sex has a proclivity for browsing — an essential element of buying, um, visual art?

For example, while the right has a proclivity for lowering tax rates and the left for raising them, economists understand general principles based on estimating trade-offs.

He had a proclivity for bad puns and would buy gag gifts by the case, things like fart machines and hair nets covered in pink curlers.

The body is very good at this, and unfortunately seems to have a proclivity for adopting our highest weight as a "benchmark".

And people who have a proclivity for what we do have discovered us as a result, and I guess the reputation has grown rather than diminished over the years.

"I have a proclivity for formulas, which is why I was drawn to the sciences and to law," said the statuesque Ms. Senghore, who has an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering.

Whether she had a proclivity for silence or merely decided upon it as adaptive behavior for survival, she was often silent, and that silence was unquestioned by the family.