beast of prey
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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 Literature
He looked toward the river, where the cauldron crouched like a glowering beast of prey.
From Literature
Even lovely nature is “the battleground of tormented and agonized beings who continue to exist only by each devouring the other. Therefore, every beast of prey in it is the living grave of thousands of others, and its self-maintenance is a chain of torturing deaths.”
From Washington Post
A beast of prey—pleasant to the eye.
From Literature
He growled in the back of his throat, like a beast of prey, angry and frustrated.
From Literature
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