Sentence examples for it was prey from inspiring English sources

To the extent that it was a bird, it was prey.

Mixed, but majority Sunni, it was prey to Sunni insurgents as well as Shiite militia death squads.

Although the Echymyidae Clyomys bishopi was the least vulnerable prey to aerial attack, possibly due to its good hearing (highest bulla volume), its predominantly quadrupedal locomotion (high bidepalism index) seemed not to be so efficient against the maned wolf, as it was preyed upon more than expected by chance by this canid.

Like many a skirmish involving old-style English Puritanism, it is prey to serious misinterpretation.

And that was enough to push InterContinental 40p higher at £28.44, whether on hopes of it being prey or predator.

It is prey not just to a bullet or a razor: even a fingernail or a rogue piece of paper knows how to draw blood.

In recent years, however, the ROE measure has fallen into disfavor because of the quirky distortions it is prey to.

It is prey for raptors and carnivorous mammals, and host to a number of parasitic arthropods and worms.

A research study showed that it would snap at a moving 1 cm piece of black paper as if it were prey but would disregard a larger moving piece.

For example, a good echolocating bat can distinguish two points only a few millimeters apart but may still attack a stone in the air as if it is prey.

When a newspaper is given away free, for instance, it looks as if it is preying on its rivals' markets.