Sentence examples for ready prey from inspiring English sources

But they can also mimic the patterns of an alien genus and so lure its males close, which then become ready prey.

Our polity and our economy need educated people, not robots or monkeys who will easily become out of date and who are ready prey for demagogues.

You must have it, no?" I demurred, and after a few more failed attempts, he found readier prey in a woman who asked to try on some down-filled moon boots for $250.

Trim moustached European waiters, ready to prey on unsuspecting English girls on Parisian holidays.

In contrast to depictions of the devil in Dante's day as a cunning foe ready to prey on human weakness, his Lucifer is strikingly modern, a metaphor for nothingness, all hype and menace but no delivery.

Too much water will weaken the shoots and attract predators such as garden slugs or other pests ready to prey on your lilies.

It's fast-paced, highly iterative and there are always other startups ready to prey on your stumbles or sluggishness.

He stakes out a house -- the wrong one, as it happens -- and gets ready to ambush his prey.

Once locked onto a target, red-tails attack in a long, graceful dive, feet outstretched ready to pluck their prey from the ground in one continuous, sweeping motion.

Then the snake can fast for months, even a year, without losing muscle mass or showing any ill effects, ready to ambush new prey.

As I knelt and peered into the water I could see a drama unfolding, as a predatory nymph stalked tadpoles among the water weeds, ready to impale its prey with needle-sharp jaws.