Sentence examples for keep prey from inspiring English sources

The purple, or common, pitcher plant (S. purpurea) has heavily veined, green to reddish, flaring, juglike leaves that bear downward-pointing bristles to keep prey from escaping.

The eel's electrical discharges also may be used to keep prey from escaping or to induce a twitching response in hidden prey that causes the prey to reveal its position.

We can't keep preying on each other and then pray for forgiveness.

I kept telling her there was nothing wrong, but it kept preying on her mind there was".

On an ecological level, they play an important role because they keep their prey species in check.

All the tough questions are addressed on "Lab Rats," which begins Monday on Disney XD — an action-oriented channel aimed at boys — and exists at the intersection of "The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Brady Bunch" and any number of horrifying true-crime stories about kidnappers who keep their prey in dark, dank spaces.

The winged mammals use it to keep their prey's wounds open as they suck blood.

As a predator, having long, saberlike fangs is an advantage only if you can keep struggling prey from snapping them in half.

The worms inject a blood-thinning chemical called hirudin and several substances that fight inflammation--components that keep a prey's blood flowing in the wild (ScienceNOW, 6 February 1998).

The toothed whales keep their prey fit by culling the old, weak and sick.

Sharks help keep their prey populations healthy by eating sick and dying members, which prevents the spread of disease to other animals.