proclivity

Example Sentences

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Fans who attended those gigs will know that Ridings hasn't completely abandoned her proclivity for a heartbroken love song.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

But he doesn’t make the case, either, for what else we might be — equally skeptical of what he sees as our proclivity to believe in magic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

He approves of credit, too, despite the human proclivity to alternately gorge and fast on loans and bonds and mortgages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The most notable stock-market research over the weekend comes from academia, where researchers studied those rascals in Congress and their proclivity to trade.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

The two men differ in build, temperament, and scholarly proclivity, but they pressed their faces to the windows with identical enthusiasm.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann