Sentence examples for prone to fear from inspiring English sources

If A Bigger Splash and Absolutely Fabulous hinged on very particular phobias, the new Bridget Jones movie was hilariously prone to fear and confusion about just about everything.

All those in the power elite are prone to fear Murdoch, because none can be sure that they will not be next to be kicked by the tabloid boot.

It is the task of science to understand why death need not be feared, that the philosophical life is particularly indispensable because it prepares us for death, and that the kinds of death that we are prone to fear particularly, such as death through an earthquake, are really not much different from more usual kinds of death.

As a whole, the originality of Cardano's eclecticism lies in the unique way in which he characterizes the interdependence of life, knowledge and matter, in which a pronounced sense of reality and truth is constantly being questioned and jeopardized by a realistic view of human nature, mercilessly presented as prone to fear, delusion and deceit.

The United States is indeed an exceptional nation but our collective psyche is fragile, prone to fear and susceptible to simple narratives.

Marlborough did not wish for a Jacobite restoration, but William was conscious of his military and political qualities, and the danger the Earl posed: "William was not prone to fear," wrote Thomas Macaulay, "but if there was anyone on earth that he feared, it was Marlborough".

This finding suggests that when information about a stimulus is less clear-cut, girls may be more prone to show fear responses compared to boys.

The neurotic, the self-critical, the introverted and the narcissistic appear particularly prone to hypochondriacal fears, said Dr. Michael Hollifield, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico.

Oddly enough, the judiciary, supposedly detached and objective, is peculiarly prone to such fears.

When we consider a job loss, sometimes we are prone to consuming fears and anxiety.

Not only do the mutant mice spend more time than do normal mice in exposed spaces, indicating a lack of innate fear, they're also less prone to freeze up in fear when they hear a tone that previously signaled an impending electric shock, indicating an impairment of fear learning.