Proclivity

Or perhaps the two of them share a certain proclivity for denial in the face of evidence and facts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Posturing seems to be the main proclivity of our right wing today. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Too many people associate Muslims with terrorists, that is, a proclivity to violence or people who are not patriotic to this country," Al-Qatami said. ❋ Unknown (2008)

You left out race, gender and sexual proclivity which is the heart of every liberal action. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Given the airlines' increasing proclivity to charge extra fees of all kinds, I can't believe that no one has yet come up with a special seating assignment fee to be blissfully baby-free Flying With Little Children? ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Iranians have shown a long-time proclivity to open fire on neutral shipping and even other warships, over the course of the last 25 years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is, by design, polemical, and so has a proclivity for oversimplification, bias and the occasional odd touch. ❋ Neil Irwin (2010)

Alarmingly, QE has brought forth a new brinkmanship gambling upon the proclivity of foreign investors to not divest their investment in our Treasury securities. ❋ Patrick Yam (2011)

Add to that our Treasury's proclivity toward short-term note bias and you have an extraordinarily vulnerable capital structure. ❋ Daniel M. Cofall (2011)

This memoir reminds us that the proclivity of intellectuals toward communism during this period is in the context of a general sympathy with the working classes and a fear and antipathy toward the rise of fascism which threatens everyone in Europe. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Would one seriously argue that a student who showed early proclivity for mathematics should be the last one who should get a career as a mathematician. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He points to the proclivity of Indian Web users to research products and services online – 65% of car buyers, he says, turn to the Internet as their first source of research. ❋ Amol Sharma (2011)

Add to that: Weak relationships with key Asian partners, a pricey but failed marketing effort and a proclivity for embarrassing verbal gaffes by Bartz. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The cynic in me emerged and I sent back the following reply: I highly recommend the short e-book, 'Three Cups of Deceit' by Jon Krakauer about Mortensen and his proclivity for self-aggrandizing fiction. ❋ Christian Piatt (2011)

Perhaps our culture should change in such a way that people have a much greater proclivity to think clearly and consistently within the framework of a well-defined value system accepted by everyone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Knowing her proclivity for mischief, he had threatened her with court-martial if she tried “to swipe anything.” ❋ Jennet Conant (2011)