How to Use susceptibility in a Sentence

susceptibility

noun

• A weak immune system causes increased susceptibility to disease.
• Oregon State scored on touchdown runs of 80 and 78 yards, and that sort of big-play susceptibility would be a bad sign for OSU.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 July 2021
• The region’s susceptibility to earthquakes makes ruins as much a part of the landscape as palm trees.
  — Marlene Daut, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Oct. 2021
• Mass susceptibility has gotten worse in the 25 years since The Truman Show.
  — Armond White, National Review, 2 Aug. 2023
• The researchers cannot say if blood type is a direct cause of the differences in susceptibility.
  — Maggie Fox, CNN, 17 June 2020
• Fortunately for dogs, the researchers found that man's best friend has a low susceptibility to the virus.
  — Peter Martinez, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2020
• So that just means the susceptibility is high in humans.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 18 June 2020
• For one thing, many of the regions growing in susceptibility to hurricanes are ill-equipped to handle storms with winds of 100 mph or more.
  — Devika Rao, The Week, 1 June 2023
• The second force is the susceptibility of the population exposed to the virus.
  — NBC News, 14 July 2021
• The paper was based on DNA lab analyses, not on any findings about ethnic susceptibility to the virus.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
• But the point is the fruit’s susceptibility to collective rot.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 June 2020
• The susceptibility of this argument to abuse by a ruler ought to preclude its being made.
  — The Editors, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
• But many couples still harbor fears about their guests’ susceptibility to the virus.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 29 May 2021
• But susceptibility to illness isn’t as simple as the odds of being exposed to someone with a cold.
  — Elana Spivack, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
• An abundance of YouTube videos of guilty Labradors attests to human susceptibility to sheepish Labrador smiles and wiles.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2021
• Next, Cadwell and his team explored the impact of the protein on tissue from the guts of people with the Crohn’s susceptibility gene and also from people without the gene.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2022
• The novel tells a thrilling story about the susceptibility of religion and faith.
  — Jacy Topps, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2021
• The area was first cleared as a firebreak in 1917, a wise recognition of Anchorage’s susceptibility to fire.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2020
• With all the drama of its big, heavily veined glossy leaves comes some high maintenance in terms of its susceptibility to plant pests and diseases.
  — Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2023
• The main negatives with these trees are their susceptibility to oak wilt and arguably being overused.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2021
• Italians from Tuscany were ranked by the author as among those with the lowest susceptibility.
  — Eleanor J. Murray, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2023
• Dogs, however, have a very low susceptibility to the virus.
  — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2020
• Even more distressing was the group’s susceptibility to the big play, allowing six passing plays of 60 or more yards last season.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 13 June 2019
• Steel quality affects the sharpness, strength and durability of the knife — as well as its susceptibility to stains and rust marks.
  — Katy Severson, chicagotribune.com, 6 Mar. 2021
• An online source suggests that the decline in my bpm is slow and can indicate susceptibility to a heart attack.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 6 June 2022
• Yes, the world is stacked against us, but our collective susceptibility to dumb diets and quick fixes doesn’t redound to our credit.
  — Tamar Haspel, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
• Jasper had changed over the years, with implications for habitat and fire susceptibility, and the Alberta team couldn’t have found out any other way.
  — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 17 June 2019
• But this can have side effects, such as greater susceptibility to disease.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 19 Nov. 2020
• This gradual process is one of the leading causes of sticking windows but can also lead to visible signs of damage, cracks, and greater susceptibility to storm damage.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
• In so doing, the United States would concentrate on what the world’s peoples have in common—susceptibility to this and many other viruses—regardless of the nature of their governments.
  — Helene Gayle, Foreign Affairs, 19 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024