...while Lawson admitted and stressed the harshness of bush life, his characters tend to stoicism and endurance and had an admirable ability to overcome difficult circumstances without self-pity.
What does 'tend to' in this context mean? And how does this construction work?
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What does 'tend to' in this context mean? And how does this construction work?
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[Edited: Fixed typos in example sentence]
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Many of his characters are stoic and durable.
Tend: to be disposed toward an idea, emotion, way of thinking, etc.: He tends to be overly optimistic. Her religious philosophy tends toward pantheism. (Dict.com)
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That judge tends to be lenient in his rulings.
That judge leans toward leniency in his rulings.
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Not at all old-fashioned, and not exceptionally formal except in the sense that it is carefully composed.
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