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prone
adjective as in lying down
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Example Sentences
He was funny and self-effacing, though prone to fits of anger.
That gave a huge advantage to the sunny Republican prone to hugging supporters.
Did her handlers fear what for the gaffe-prone Republican might say?
Some kids are prone to letting their minds wander and daydreaming.
For people prone to believe doctors like me are part of some malign conspiracy, nothing I say will make a difference.
Last night I saw Jean Baptiste lying prone upon the floor, and knew that she had beaten him down to it, and he had not resisted.
He was flung down heavily, and pinned prone in a corner by one of those bullies who knelt on his spine.
They are extremely prone to change, and in presence of animal matters readily ferment, and are converted into salts of ammonia.
And here I was, prone and helpless, being powwowed not for one ailment, but for all the diseases known in Happy Valley.
Man is innately more prone to good than to evil; and the path of his destiny is upward.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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