beast of prey
Example Sentences
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Powder to launch his projectile Spengler derives from the dogma "Man is a beast of prey."
From Time Magazine Archive
He looked toward the river, where the cauldron crouched like a glowering beast of prey.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
He growled in the back of his throat, like a beast of prey, angry and frustrated.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
No beast of prey could fit into that log, or reach beak, talon, fang, or claw deep enough to get at Abel where he planned to sleep.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
The canoe would rush towards one of these, as some swift beast of prey hurls itself upon its victim; and at the eleventh hour it would be whipped aside to go dancing, leaping on.
From The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo by Gilson, Charles
