prone

Modifying Another Word

• notoriously: Ringing compositions are notoriously prone to subtle transcription errors, and over a quarter of the submissions we receive contain errors of some sort.
• particularly: The brush chamber is particularly prone to carbon dust.
• inherently: Textiles are also inherently prone to decay and under unfavorable environmental conditions will deteriorate with disturbing rapidity.
• especially: Using floppy disk files directly in Word is especially prone to errors.
• hence: All artificial constructs are structurally unstable [ 21 ] , and hence prone to recombine and transfer horizontally.
• genetically: Others come from families of dogs genetically prone to anxiety.

Infinitive complement

• rust: Inner wings for 8-valve cars are now beginning to become prone to rust.
• wander: Prone to wander -- Lord, I feel it -- Prone to leave the God I love.
• fatigue: Beside stabilizing your feet during your swing, Dr. Foot Sports Insoles make your feet more comfortable and your legs less prone to fatigue.
• damp: They are not suited for use in bathrooms or other locations prone to damp or condensation.
• panic: The Swiss police on the other hand are overwhelmed, prone to panic and over reaction.
• collapse: Such wants are inevitably fickle, as prone to collapse as to arousal, while siphoning capital away from more rooted economic activity.

Modifies a noun

• position: Swim 25 meters from the deep end to the shallow end using any stroke in the prone position; pupil's choice.
• skin: This cleanser provides a unique first step for oily or acne prone skin.
• procedure: There is a particular risk when exposure prone procedures are carried out, such as taking blood from patients.

Used with adjective complement

• lie: The Princess lay prone upon a couch, sobbing bitterly.
• seem: No one likes to face injury, but runners especially seem prone to injuries.
• lay: Leo's bodyguard lays prone across his newspaper, his cigarette burning a hole in the page.
• become: Even some legal routes have become particularly prone to abuse.
• fall: Even soldiers are falling prone to our society's growing hypochondria.