7 example sentences using prey.
Prey used in a sentence
Prey in a sentence as a noun
It's a kind of stupidity I myself have fallen prey to in the past.
When, prey tell, are children going to learn proper behavior from their parents if they're spending only an hour a day with them?
I know of lawyers that barely scrape by on insurance law suits because all they know how to do is prey on the fear and pain of injured people.
Where you see dysfunctional management, I see clueless lumbering behemoths that are tasty prey for a startup.
Prey in a sentence as a verb
" Giant brainless animals roam the ocean looking to sting and absorb prey without ever really knowing they're even doing it.
And, the girl was so drunk/drugged that she probably should have been seen by a doctor...instead the people around her took it as an opportunity to prey upon her.
The rest of us fall prey to a kind of assumption of universality: that his context is roughly the same as ours, and so the only difference are variables we can control.
Prey definitions
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
animal hunted or caught for food
See also: quarry
profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"
See also: feed