bird of prey
Example Sentences
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This avian bystander may have recognized a fellow bird of prey in Coriolanus, whose role in the Roman ecosystem is necessary yet not fit for all purposes in a young democracy beset with growing pains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Meanwhile the narrator’s financially devious husband appears as a vulture with “the brooding eye, the blood-tipped beak, the flabby folds of flesh” of a bird of prey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
How do you share a film set with a notoriously fierce bird of prey?
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
As part of their learning experience, a bird of prey expert visited the school - bringing with him a Chilean blue buzzard eagle called Guido.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2025
“By golly,” he said and picked up a casting from a bird of prey.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
