be prone
Example Sentences
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Understanding how they influence retreat rates will help scientists better forecast which glaciers might be prone to sudden collapse in the future.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026
“When people feel badly, they can be prone to wanting to make themselves feel better through consuming food, drink, vacations, shopping — visceral pleasures.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
Everyone sounds too smart to be prone to error, although Sevigny comes closest, embodying someone in a precarious state of emotional susceptibility, whose obvious intelligence hides unspoken wounds.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025
"This means that, in many cases, building design codes are not enforced, and construction happens in areas that could be prone to enhanced seismic risk, for example flood plains and steep slopes."
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025
You wouldn't think Mr. Stessman would be prone to all this Husker crap, but it seemed like nobody was immune.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
