As a result of these traumatic ruptures, Ms. Blanchard suggests, Carr was left with lifelong tendencies to self-condemnation and social insecurity.

These injustices, especially involving Ned, resulted in lifelong tendencies to envy and disrupt other people's happiness.

Whether these considerations will be enough to protect her from the resentment of fans who prefer her to stick to the script, or from a lifelong tendency to overdo things, remains to be seen.

Chen was an exceptional student, but this poor experiences taking the Confucian civil service exams resulted in a lifelong tendency to advocate unconventional beliefs and to criticize traditional ideas.

Vera and Evan contrive to save their second son, Teddy, from the draft, but the success of this escape also serves to solidify his lifelong tendency to run away from responsibility.

Her lifelong tendency to form intense and smothering attachments to both men and women, by their very nature doomed to failure, became apparent at this time.

Osborne credits her lifelong peripatetic tendencies and love of adventure to this nomadic childhood.

My lifelong tendency has been to ignore the gods, and so far they've done the same for me.

Like many intellectuals, Nehru had, as Tharoor says, a "lifelong tendency to affirm principles disconnected from practical consequences."

Jorgensen's lifelong tendency towards classical compositions arose from Williams' mentorship.