prey
noun
an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
are preying
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present progressiveof prey.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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He described the scammers as "awful people who are preying on people's vulnerabilities", adding: "It doesn't stop us feeling daft, but I think it's something that's caught out hundreds of people."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
“Now that society is dead, they are preying on the carcass.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
“It’s really heartbreaking that people are preying on this kind of shortage.”
From New York Times ● May 10, 2022
“They are preying on the communities that they are living in,” said Michael McElhenny, a supervisory special agent for the FBI in Maryland.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2017
These people who are preying upon the nut industry today find as their victims the weaklings which Nature buries in the forest.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 by Northern Nut Growers Association
