tendency

Example Sentences

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Mike Jacob, president of the Pacific Merchant Shipping Assn., which represents ocean carriers, marine terminal operators and others in the industry, said the tendency is to think of the tariffs as uniform.

From Los Angeles Times

“We Don’t Talk” appears to address her estrangement from her older sister, Haylie, while “Weather for Tennis” describes her tendency to keep the peace as a child of divorce.

From Los Angeles Times

He says "spectacular advances" in other areas like cancer have created a tendency to underestimate how difficult solving ALS will be.

From BBC

The pair clearly reinforce each other’s ugliest tendencies.

From Salon

I’m trying to think if I know anybody like that or with those tendencies — I do.

From Los Angeles Times