predacious

Example Sentences

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She’s predacious, conflicted, at times disorganized — and ultimately unknowable.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

The picture tells the story of a young woman, Danae, who’s been locked in a high tower by her father to keep her away from predacious men.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021

She feels shut out by the city’s predacious, moneyed tribes, battered by its “impenetrable shapes” and “fierce elbows.”

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2020

As she sings, every motive in Lorelei's predacious little soul becomes hilariously clear.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now, four days later, Nukita warned us that a similarly predacious swarm of print and television reporters lay in wait for us in Kathmandu.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer