beast of prey
Americannoun
noun
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
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
He growled in the back of his throat, like a beast of prey, angry and frustrated.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
She had been taught vaguely by the learned bonzes that the human animal is by nature a beast of prey, blood-raw till cooked by education.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis
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