prone to
Example Sentences
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"The extractive industry is often exploitative and prone to gross human rights abuses that must be monitored and enforced," Julius Ogogoh, the director of the lobby group, told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
Americans are especially prone to such invented suspicions when they sense that sources they should be able to trust are lying to them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
Current quantum machines are prone to start making mistakes in the event of the slightest interference such as small vibrations or a tiny change in temperature.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
Gorillas aren’t chatty, like humans, prone to gossip and bad jokes.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
