Sentence examples for been prey from inspiring English sources

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been prey

verb

To act as a predator.

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Corsica has been prey to three decades of unrest caused by several separatist movements.

The US aid machine has been prey to the latest fads in development thinking.

When he was younger, he said, he might have been prey to overconfidence.

They have too often been prey to dubious advice from flamboyant agents or hangers-on.

This is partly because the management business has always been prey to fads and fraudsters.

In recent years, cricket and especially Pakistani cricket has been prey to match-fixing.

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It had been preying on my conscience.

It has been preying on his mind.

We were prey.

Second, amphibians are prey animals.

Suddenly, magazine editors are prey.

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