Meanings of strong propensity in English

The will becomes powerless before the strong propensity to drink.

This strong propensity of the human heart would find powerful auxiliaries in the objects of State regulation.

In this retreat I felt a strong propensity to write, but resisted it till I fell sick.

The two men had, indeed, nothing in common, except a strong propensity towards harsh and unpopular courses.

A strong propensity or inclination alone, without any present impression, will sometimes cause a belief or opinion.

Erasmus's strong propensity to fancy himself menaced and injured tinged this position with the martyrdom of oppressed talent.

Unquestionably the Creator formed me with a strong propensity to adore the sublime and beautiful of his works!

The strong propensity of this people to works of this sort, is remarkable, in a vast variety of particulars.

On most occasions they shewed a strong propensity to pilfering; in which they were full as expert as the Otaheitans.

If anything ever endangers the Church, it will be the strong propensity to shooting for which the clergy are remarkable.

But however it may be, most of us have a strong propensity for setting up theories and inventing something new.

There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times.

He had never had any strong propensity for money-hunting; but now that offence appeared in his eyes abominable, unmanly, and disgusting.

When I wanted to hear from, or write to Mother Granger, I often felt a strong propensity to go to the door.

An exquisite sense of the ridiculous belonged to the Greek character; and closely connected with this faculty was a strong propensity to flippancy and impertinence.

The pain of displeasing God, and the strong propensity I felt in myself to all sorts of faults, caused me most lively and sensible pain.