a tendance à

tends to

→ avoir

phrase Uncommon #10,573

tends to Used to say that someone usually does something or is likely to do something.

FR: Elle a tendance à arriver en retard.

EN: She tends to arrive late.

It seems to me that she tends to exaggerate.

He tends to laugh.

He tends to put a lot of effort into making his case.

She tends to forget her promises.

He tends to be arrogant.

He tends to get angry if you ask him a lot of questions.

When we are healthy, we tend to forget its value.

He tends to forget.

Tom tends to speak quite quickly.

Jim tends to go too far.

John tends to get angry when things don’t go his way.

She tends to lose her temper.

She tends to arrive late at school.

He tends to whistle at attractive women he sees in the street.

Yes, sir; one tends to miss details when taking notes.

— Masaan (2015)

This professor tends to be biased in favor of female students.

He tends to tell lies.

She tends to procrastinate when faced with choices.

She tends to rush headfirst into new challenges.

He tends to talk too much.