Sentence examples for it preys on from inspiring English sources

The drug business, he says, is ruled by its own economic logic; it preys on social conditions that continue to fester, regardless of any elaborate schemes.

In the southern part of its range, however, the Canada lynx's diet is more diversified: it preys on carrion and possibly even young ungulates.

It preys on birds and small mammals.

It preys on insects, small tadpoles, and fishes, sucking their body fluids through its strong beak.

It preys on birds and mammals, such as gazelles, hares, and peafowl.

Here, it preys on insects by sallying after them and then beating them against a branch before consumption.

Its name apparently came not because it was a vicious whale, but because it preyed on whales.

He later acknowledged that although the test was routine, it preyed on his mind, and made him think "about what's important in life".

He said the UDA had been heavily involved in punishment beatings, drug dealing and loan sharking as it preyed on the vulnerable, with the Shankill area particularly affected.

While the thylacine was extant it preyed on the devil, which targeted young and unattended thylacine cubs in their dens.

"The church system tramples on the poor, and it preyed on the mind of Crones until he became desperate," a comrade of Crones said.