animal of prey
Example Sentences
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Instead of wise and confident, the man looked cold, commanding, intimidating, like some regal animal of prey.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
The wild-cat has short intestines and is an animal of prey; the tame cat has long intestines, and betrays her old character only now and then by cunning and slyness.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David
His attention was attracted to something high up in a neighbouring tree, that seemed restless, changing its position constantly like an animal of prey.
From The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway by Buffalo Bill
She regarded him as a second-rate animal of prey, like a jackal, and always shrank when he was near.
From The Promise of Air by Blackwood, Algernon
In no other place than an island, uninhabited by man or any other animal of prey, could the helpless dodo have existed.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 by Chambers, William
