With an effort I started toward the opening of the cave only to reel drunkenly against a side wall, and from there slip
prone upon the floor.
One thing, in this connection, White Fang quickly learnt, and that was that a thieving god was usually a cowardly god and
prone to run away at the sounding of the alarm.
Some parents have entirely prohibited their children from tasting intoxicating liquors; but a parent's authority cannot last for ever; children are naturally
prone to hanker after forbidden things; and a child, in such a case, would be likely to have a strong curiosity to taste, and try the effect of what has been so lauded and enjoyed by others, so strictly forbidden to himself - which curiosity would generally be gratified on the first convenient opportunity; and the restraint once broken, serious consequences might ensue.
Reasons have been already given to induce a supposition that the State governments will too naturally be
prone to a rivalship with that of the Union, the foundation of which will be the love of power; and that in any contest between the federal head and one of its members the people will be most apt to unite with their local government.
The expedition, however, was unsuccessful, as most commercial expedients are
prone to be, where the dull patronage of government is counted upon to outvie the keen activity of private enterprise.
Mimi was greatly distressed when she saw her cousin lying
prone. She had a few times in her life seen Lilla on the verge of fainting, but never senseless; and now she was frightened.
Ever
prone to magnify Fate, George counted up the forces that had swept him into this contentment.
It is one that is highly
prone to storm surge occurrences, and we have a long history of storm surges dating back 300 years.
Exclusion criteria were: (i) patients refusing to enter the study; (ii) patients who could not complete the routine
prone breast MRI examination due to several reasons like claustrophobia or contrast media reaction.
In
prone PCNL, the patient is initially placed in dorsal lithotomy position to insert ureteric catheter and then the position is changed to
prone for the remaining procedure.
[USA], Feb 10 (ANI): While it is known that women's hormonal cycles may make them more
prone to drug addiction, a recent study has suggested that it also makes them more
prone to relapse.