How to Use predispose in a Sentence

predispose

verb
  • Past experiences have predisposed her to distrust people.
  • Foals born from obese mares are also predisposed to this same type of joint disease.
    — Jane Manfredi, Fortune Well, 25 July 2023
  • Some children just get a bigger share of the genes that predispose them to food allergies.
    — Kaitlin Bell, Parents, 6 Feb. 2024
  • This doesn’t play well with guys predisposed to neurosis anyway.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 5 July 2025
  • Does dazzling decor predispose consumers to open their wallets wider?
    — Sharon Edelson, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Full of veterans and bright young faces alike, the cast is once again perfectly predisposed to their roles.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
  • People who eat a lot of junk food have other habits that predispose them to cancer, not the least of which is smoking.
    — NBC News, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The researchers bred mice that had short sleep genes with mice that carried genes predisposing them to Alzheimer’s.
    — Marla Broadfoot, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
  • He might have been predisposed earlier.
    — Marcia Greenwood, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Researchers plan to expand the test to other genes that can predispose people to cancer.
    — Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
  • This may be because some groups have genetic factors that predispose them to the illness.
    — Ritu Banerjee, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2020
  • The scan is recommended for some people with cancer or those who are predisposed to it, but there are risks, too.
    — Kristen Fischer, Health, 14 Mar. 2025
  • If you were predisposed to reading things between the lines and jumping to conclusions, maybe this would be the spot.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Are Danes predisposed to pessimistic thinking about where we’re headed?
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
  • In ancient times, people could have seen this as a sign the world would end if they were predisposed to thinking about such an apocalypse.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
  • So, having an excess of the protein that forms the tangle appears to predispose nerve cells to dying.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2017
  • This has been proven wrong, and could lead to a false sense of security that might predispose you to hyponatremia.
    — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The study didn’t account for people predisposed to Alzheimer’s or other risk factors.
    — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 28 July 2023
  • The study found that some labradors have a mutation in their DNA that could predispose them to weight gain.
    — Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
  • As a result, the dirt and sweat buildup on their unwashed binder predisposes them to skin complications.
    — TIME, 8 May 2024
  • Anemia may predispose you to blood clots in the tiny blood vessels of the eyes, which can interrupt blood flow and cause eye tissue damage.
    — Christine L. Larsen, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Even some predisposed to support the protesters have raised questions about the message that masking sends.
    — Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • Each of these identities predisposed her to have a negative opinion of people who did not belong to the same group.
    — Yascha Mounk, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2015
  • First, the composition of the breast might predispose people to cancer.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Someone with a lot of variants predisposing them toward staying in school is far more likely to do so than someone with very few.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 July 2018
  • The same held true even among those who were genetically predisposed to the disease, which tends to run in families.
    — Byerin Prater, Fortune Well, 5 June 2023
  • The brand has always been predisposed to challenging the norm, which has factored into its status as a cult favorite.
    — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Too many people are predisposed to disliking the work of Lena Dunham.
    — Ashley Baker, Air Mail, 19 July 2025
  • Those audiences are predisposed to this like movie, so we were maybe getting graded on a curve there, but that’s OK.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
  • What myths, scripts, and stories had predisposed them to accept the limitations placed on them from within and without?
    — Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025

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