tendency to
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Examples
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.
Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.
Too many theorists have a tendency to ignore facts that contradict their convictions.