PREDISPOSE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for PREDISPOSE, such as:

1. His lifestyle predisposed him to high blood pressure.
2. His early training predisposed him to a life of adventure.
3. Genetic influences apparently predispose people to certain forms of cancer.
4. They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well.
5. There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour.

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 Meanings and Examples of PREDISPOSE
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predispose
 v.  give inclination toward; make susceptible to; settle or dispose of in advance
Classic Sentence:
1  Semi-starvation and neglected colds had predisposed most of the pupils to receive infection: forty-five out of the eighty girls lay ill at one time.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  There was, indeed, so deep a blush over Fanny's face at that moment as might warrant strong suspicion in a predisposed mind.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
Example Sentence:
1  They take pains to hire people whose personalities predispose them to serve customers well.
2  There is evidence to suggest that certain factors predispose some individuals to criminal behaviour.
3  Genetic influences apparently predispose people to certain forms of cancer.
4  His early training predisposed him to a life of adventure.
5  Researchers have discovered that the children of these patients are genetically predisposed to cancer.
6  His lifestyle predisposed him to high blood pressure.