6 sentences with 'tendency'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tendency and other words derived from it.
• « To counteract this tendency, Molly Fox, fitness expert, designed a localized slimming program whose results are quickly noticeable. »
• « Nero (r. 54 - 68 CE) was another Julian who acquired a terrible historical reputation; although he was quite popular during his early years as emperor, he eventually succumbed to a Caligula-like tendency to have elite Romans (including his domineering mother) killed. »
• « Just as Rome had fallen in the west, Byzantium was beset by enemies all around it, enemies who had a depressing tendency to crush Byzantine armies and occasionally assassinate their emperors. »
• « Popes were often effective in secular government, but their spiritual leadership was undermined by their tendency to live as kings rather than priests; »
• « In short, Queen Isabella exemplified the tendency of Renaissance rulers to assert greater power over their respective kingdoms than did the monarchs of earlier times. »
• « Overall, one of the most glaring failures of the Scientific Revolution to overcome social prejudices was the marked tendency of male scientists to use the new science to reinforce sexist stereotypes rather than break them down. »