But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role.
The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
I am prone to reshape and refashion things to try and please as many people as I can, to get as many nods or smiles out of as many people as possible.
We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.
Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
I'm fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo.
Even a casual reader of the financial pages knows that microcaps are a perennial headache for regulators and, above all, for investors because they have been prone to abuse by stock manipulators.
Research suggests that investment bankers are more prone to commit fraud when they feel the competitor at their heels.
We know that we are often judged by the company we keep. We know how influential classmates, friends, and other peer groups can be. If any of our companions are prone to be unrighteous in their living, we are better off seeking new associations immediately.
All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.
Not many people know, but my joints are extremely hypermobile, and that's why I'm more prone to injuries. That's why most of my major injuries were with the joints. I had a career-threatening wrist injury where picking up a fork to feed myself was a problem, and the thought of playing tennis again was so far from my mind.
We do not just fear our predators, we are transfixed by them. We are prone to weave stories and fables and chat endlessly about them.
I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It's like: 'My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn't fit all my fifties.' I mean - really. Shut up.
I'm as prone to 'declinism' as the next over-mortgaged middle-aged guy.
I cannot live on myths; somehow, science convinces me more easily. I am prone to lean towards science, ethics, and philosophy rather than myth, religion, and rituals.
Things people say strike me as amusing, and I am prone to saying out loud what everybody's thinking.
Suppose you like someone very much. Then, by a familiar halo effect, you will also be prone to believe many good things about that person - you will be biased in their favor. Most of us like ourselves very much, and that suffices to explain self-assessments that are biased in a particular direction.
Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.
I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.
Due to our consumer mindset, people are prone to jump from church to church, which weakens the church overall.
It's funny to me because everyone says I'm injury prone. That's hilarious to me because I've never blown a hammy or a shoulder or anything like that, knock on wood.
A typical native New Yorker, I'm prone to wearing the city's unofficial sartorial color: black.
I guess many of us are just prone to see what the other side is up to, maybe to reinforce our own worldviews and feel confident that our ideology is right and theirs is wrong.
When we go to war, our politicians will be guided by our popular will. And if we believe that torture 'got' bin Laden, then we will be more prone to accept the view that a good 'end' can justify brutal 'means.'
