There is a tendency for Japanese to want to know a certain amount of personal information about someone such as age, position and whether they are married or not, before they feel comfortable talking with a stranger.
Another tendency of many Japanese that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every".
Spirits are to be found all over the world. This school was built upon the site of a shrine and thus there is a particular tendency for them to gather.
He has a tendency toward exaggeration.
Today there seems to be a tendency to make little of human relations.
You have a tendency to talk too fast.
Prices showed a tendency of going up.
There is a tendency for people to think that hang gliding is dangerous.
It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.
The present writer doesn't like such a tendency.
He has a tendency to be pessimistic.
Children have a tendency to become rebellious.
That tendency is strong among Americans.
She has a tendency to look on the dark side of things.