Sentence examples for proneness from inspiring English sources
The word 'proneness' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is an adjective which means having a tendency to do something, and can be used with either a positive or negative connotation. For example: "He was well-known for his proneness to take risks."
noun
The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward.
- The proneness of animals is opposed to the erect posture of human beings.
Information on families' religious, educational, professional and political inclinations, the average longevity of their members, their proneness to suicide and divorce and so forth, must shed some explanatory light on the personalities under genealogical scrutiny.
Led by Daniel Gustavson, the team divided the key qualities into three categories: procrastination proneness, goal failure, and 'executive function' (which kind of means mental discipline).
Of more immediate concern however was his proneness to stray from the marital bed.
The trio resurface loosely in the subsequent centuries, along with the figure of Eshu, the cockily sexy orisha of trickery and chaos whose proneness to accident brings a characteristically irreverent mood to the supervising spirit-world.
Apparently procrastination proneness and goal failure have many of the same genetic influences.
For many, he embodied the characteristics of that pampered generation: the spoiled child's sense of entitlement, a self-centredness verging on narcissism, a proneness to moral relativism, and a habit of blaming others for his own failings.
To some realists, this epistemological monism seemed unable to give a satisfactory explanation of the mind's proneness to error.
The notion of "injury-proneness," said Dr. Brian D. Johnston, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington, "doesn't do me any good as a clinician".
Thirty years ago manufacturers paid little heed to the crime-proneness of their goods.
An analysis of standardized behavioral tests given to 15,329 dogs representing 164 breeds by the Swedish Working Dogs Association from 1997 to 2000 enabled two experts to identify five basic personality traits common to all dogs: playfulness, curiosity/fearlessness, chase-proneness (defined as an interest in pursuing a preylike object), sociability and aggressiveness.
Olivia wants to be friends too, although her accident-proneness makes this a challenge.
