Examples of 'were prone' in a sentence
Meaning of "were prone"
were prone - This phrase suggests a tendency or likelihood for someone or something to be susceptible to a particular action, behavior, or condition
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Both were prone to being taken over by a caudillo or an oligarchy.
Live among people who were prone to bloodshed.
Lawyers were prone to seek postponement of trial.
Mice receiving higher doses were prone to regurgitation.
They were prone to idolatry and rebelliousness.
Of course you always were prone to hyperbole.
Copyists were prone to making two types of scribal errors.
I made it very clear these imprints were prone to paranoia.
Male dropouts were prone to using drugs on a weekly basis.
None achieved an electoral majority and they were prone to divisions.
They were prone to a variety of problems.
Otherwise accidents were prone to happen.
The signals were prone to interference and this caused certain transmission problems.
Exact figures are uncertain as accounts of that period were prone to bombast.
Children with disabilities were prone to multiple forms of discrimination.
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These components have fallen out of favour as they were prone to leaking.
Nuclear power projects were prone to long commissioning delays.
Attempts to manufacture tablets from the amorphous form were prone to failure.
Where smiles were prone to play.
It was repaired and rebuilt several times as its northern defences were prone to collapse.
But that was because you were prone to rendering yourself unconscious.
Her patients had suffered horrifying past traumas and were prone to crises.
Theologians in particular were prone to believe that agony bravely borne was spiritually uplifting.
The original cash only meters required regular emptying and were prone to vandalism.
Real jackals were prone to digging bodies out of shallow graves and eating them.
Once they entered into it they were prone to death anytime.
The Langmores were prone to what my mother would call melancholia.
They had a limited lift height and were prone to boiler explosions.
They were prone to forget the importance of faithful living before God.
Because a not so small percentage of people were prone to adverse effects of the machine.
Flintlocks were prone to many problems, compared to modern weapons.
These engines suffered from reliability problems and were prone to catch fire while in operation.
Ancient Sumerians were prone to spreading gold dust over the body during funeral rites.
Even members of the usually good Seelie Court were prone to mischief.
God knew that his people were prone to wander and needed reminders of his faithfulness.
The Commission also noted that Pacific island developing States were prone to natural disasters.
As a result, judges were prone to different kinds of pressure.
Their factor of adhesion is low, so they were prone to slipping.
They were prone to shocks, both external and internal.
The trials found that such gearboxes were prone to frequent breakdowns in tanks.
They were prone to magical thinking, like believing in telepathy or paranormal phenomena.
The slum encroachment along the banks were prone to floods and had no infrastructure.
In two areas, payment conditions limited the extent to which transactions were prone to error.
I believe I said adolescents were prone to certain behaviors.
As adolescents were prone to behavioural problems, they were at greater risk of such abuse.
It 's our understanding you were prone to loud arguments.
Desert areas were prone to large amounts of heat, light, and electrical sandfire storms.
Because the beds were attached to strings, they were prone to swaying.
However, they were prone to bursting into flames.
With the invention of gunpowder, stone forts were prone to collapse.
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Prone to talking with a mouth full of food
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