Sentence examples for he was apt from inspiring English sources

If a Schultz retainer forgot the taboo he was apt to hear about it.

But he was apt to say to those with a haughty attitude things like: "Do you know who I am?

The fact that he was apt to walk his half-dozen Pekinese around Kensington did not quite fit.

Drunk, he was apt to lose control entirely, tear out box and all, and smash the apparatus on the floor.

Even curators who are unabashed fans of the work and consider it shamefully underestimated told me he was apt to throw me out of the house.

Given the verisimilitude of Shereshevsky's inner world, it's perhaps not surprising that he was apt to confuse his imagination with reality.

When he explores ideas, he is apt to become excessive and grandiloquent.

But he is apt to be more alert to the perils of sitting in his lap.

When they win, he's apt to say they got lucky.

But lacking a strong programme of his own, he is apt to be blown by political winds.

He's apt to become sentimental, even emotional, when familial matters are raised.