vulture
noun
any of several large, primarily carrion-eating Old World birds of prey of the family Accipitridae, often having a naked head and less powerful feet than those of the related hawks and eagles.
vulture-like
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a word derived from
vulture.
Example Sentences
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While I can look forward to a life well lived until I am no longer able to continue living, they have nothing but the prospect of death circling vulture-like overhead.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2024
If anything, they’re gearing up for more thirst, more expense and even more vulture-like practices.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2020
You might also criticise Gaskell’s motivations: driven by opportunistic ambition to feed, vulture-like, on the carcass of Brontë’s reputation, rather than a true desire to investigate or memorialise.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2017
Nobody seems to be able to do anything about it — not the U.S. government, not the cowed movie industry and certainly not the ravenous bloggers who have descended, vulture-like, for scraps of gossip.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2014
A few ragged locks of grey hung about her long, scraggy, red, and vulture-like neck.
From The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Erckmann-Chatrian
