Examples of 'was prone' in a sentence

Meaning of "was prone"

was prone: This phrase is often used to indicate a tendency or inclination towards a particular behavior, action, or condition in the past. It suggests a habitual or predictable pattern of behavior

How to use "was prone" in a sentence

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was prone
She was prone to petty theft and truancy.
He lived in abject poverty and was prone to alcoholism.
As a child he was prone to crying and being ridiculed by delinquents.
Arson said the body was prone.
This system was prone to inadvertent double exposures.
Aklavik was the regional centre but was prone to flooding.
He was prone to making up all kinds of stories.
Whoever had higher education was prone to be annihilated.
And he was prone to defend the people he loved.
The diagnostic method used was prone to false positives.
He was prone to making bad passes and pinches.
I told him that he was prone to bronchial problems.
He was prone to heavy drinking and gambling.
But then she was prone to hyperbole.
I was prone to meditating on time and age.

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Along the rivers was prone to flooding and.
She was prone to mood swings and acts of violence.
I think the seizure was prone by stress.
She was prone to dark moods.
Even as a young man he was prone to dishonesty.
I was prone to hide things because i was afraid.
The switch mechanism was prone to failure.
He was prone to speaking very fast and in a gruff voice.
At a young age he was prone to lying.
She was prone to bouts of melancholy.
But then he was prone to that.
He was prone to alcohol and allegedly was an avid opium user.
He got that name because he was prone to dramatic outbursts.
He was prone to withdrawing into himself in times of stress.
Your father was prone.
This pipe was prone to failure due to rusting.
This procedure cost a lot of time and was prone to errors.
The opening was prone to disease nonetheless.
He knew well that this woman was prone to violence.
Your father was prone to stirring up parliament.
Securities trade in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was prone to panics.
As a child he was prone to sudden fits of rage.
The weapon system suffered from technical problems and was prone to jamming.
The stone was prone to erosion by pollution.
They soon discovered that the weapon was prone to jamming due to sand.
Unfortunately it was prone to breakage and getting entangled in vegetation.
Robert warned you about laying track here because this area was prone to washouts.
The man was prone on the ground.
In the last few years the Committee was prone to improvisation.
The rash was prone to a secondary infection.
Every muscle in his body was prone to take flight.
My mom was prone to anxiety and paranoia.
The disadvantage was that the lining was prone to fading on steep hills.
He was prone to sudden outbursts of anger and violence.
The content and formatting of output was prone to change in unpredictable ways.

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