propensity , also: propension

The human mind has a propensity to give in to the story at hand.

The book had a propensity to fall open at one particular place.

"I probably have a propensity to try and make things work."

The only thing they could be certain of was his propensity for violence.

This is an important reason why the old have a high propensity to be poor.

There has also been an increased propensity for people to live alone.

All we really had in common was a propensity for the bottle.

They might even be increasing people's propensity to break the law.

The propensity can be small or large depending on the given situation.

I have a weird propensity to know what's going to happen in the future.

"People have a great propensity in this city to forget bad things quickly," he says.

And a durable propensity to get where it is going.

We saw no need of the impulse - for the propensity.

Your well-known propensity for violence is no use to you here.

But for the last 20 years, certain groups have shown a propensity to shift from one party to another.

He added, "There seems to be some propensity to deal with the issue without putting all the data on the table."

Given her propensity for taking it out on him, she was not only a difficult student but also an intimidating one.

Chris Brown has the propensity to be headed down the same road.

And that gives me a propensity for violence you can only dream about.

The propensity to kid one's self was strong in the human race.

He had always kept himself out of the spotlight, and the propensity grew with time.

"And once people cruise, they have a propensity to book direct the next time."

But the same could be said of organized crime and the propensity for large scale war.

No generation is born with a special propensity for good or evil.

I've had a propensity for migraines since I was young.