Usage examples of "tendance" in French with translation to English

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Il a tendance à être pessimiste. He has a tendency to be pessimistic.
Les experts financiers ne savent pas quoi penser de cette tendance. Financial experts don't know what to make of this trend.
Tu as tendance à parler trop vite. You have a tendency to talk too fast.
Vous avez tendance à parler trop rapidement. You have a tendency to talk too fast.
Il a une tendance à l'exagération. He has a tendency toward exaggeration.
Il me semble qu'elle a tendance à exagérer. It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.
Elle a l'air d'avoir tendance à exagérer. She seems to have a tendency to exaggerate things.
Nous avons tous tendance à penser que le monde doit se conformer à nos préjugés. Adopter un point de vue opposé implique un effort de réflexion, et la plupart des gens préfèreraient mourir plutôt que de penser - d'ailleurs, c'est ce qui leur arrive. We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think — in fact they do so.
Nous avons tous tendance à penser que le monde doit être en conformité avec nos préjugés. Adopter un point de vue opposé implique un effort de réflexion, et bien des gens mourraient plutôt que de faire cet effort - d'ailleurs, c'est ce qui leur arrive. We all have a tendency to think that the world must conform to our prejudices. The opposite view involves some effort of thought, and most people would die sooner than think — in fact they do so.
Il a tendance à oublier. He is apt to forget.
J'ai tendance à attraper froid. I tend to catch colds.
Tu as tendance à être oublieux. You are apt to be forgetful.
Le vieux a tendance à exagérer. The old man tends to exaggerate.
Elle a tendance à trop parlé. She tends to talk too much.
Il a tendance à être arrogant. He tends to be arrogant.
Il a tendance à trop parler. He tends to talk too much.
Nous avons tendance à faire des erreurs. We tend to make mistakes.
La population mondiale a tendance à augmenter. The world's population tends to increase.
Les riches ont tendance à mépriser les pauvres. The rich are apt to look down upon the poor.
Il a tendance à se fâcher pour rien. He tends to get upset over nothing.
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