Sentence examples for to prey from inspiring English sources

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to prey

verb

To act as a predator.

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"It's simple to prey on people's fears.

Predators have arrived seeking to prey on young people.

This is another effort to prey on the public's ignorance.

But to prey on the weak, that was wrong.

The Latin root is praedari, "to prey upon".

It was really starting to prey on my mind.

Sexually disturbed children were left alone to prey on others.

"She's always looking for another guy to prey on".

He knows how to prey on your weaknesses and defend against your strengths".

If you're somebody who wants to prey on Hispanic immigrants, that's the place you'd think first".

Those exhibiting dark triad behaviour need to prey on the cooperative and unsuspecting.

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