How to Use predatory in a Sentence

predatory

adjective

• Hawks are predatory and may pose a danger to rabbits and other small pets.
• The company made millions for investors but clearly engaged in predatory lending practices.
• The predatory fish made a meal out of the shark, swallowing it whole.
  — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 18 July 2019
• For me, the answer to that is wrapped up in the predatory nature of this business.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 23 May 2023
• There’s small fish, not bigger than a grain of rice, all the way up to your large predatory fish, tiger sharks.
  — Laura Klairmont, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
• These predatory fish can be found in freestone creeks, big rivers, and large lakes.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 22 May 2024
• I’ts not just the predatory European men the children have to look out for.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2022
• There is something very predatory about a 40-year-old man seeing a 20-year-old kid.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2018
• Among the predatory insects that feed on aphids are several types of wasps.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• Its predatory side is subtly present in the whine of the supercharger and the rumble of exhaust.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Feb. 2018
• Ctenophores are predatory sea creatures that live at widely varying depths across the world’s oceans.
  — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
• He’s pissed off about food deserts and predatory chain restaurants and the culture that makes people crave those things at the expense of their own welfare.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2023
• The kind of predatory behavior and abuse that Dozier described happens all the time.
  — Carolyn Kellogg, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
• Liverpool were soon on level terms though, as Mane showed predatory instincts in the box to flick home Lovren's header to equalise.
  — SI.com, 26 May 2018
• Does that mean there is no longer any predatory behavior in this business?
  — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2020
• The clip featured references to both Spears’ passion for dance and the predatory nature of paparazzi.
  — Kyle-Brandon Denis, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
• Predatory lending Cleaver’s main focus in the final weeks of the year is the issue of predatory student loans.
  — Bryan Lowry, kansascity, 18 Dec. 2017
• This keeps the hundred or so wild bettongs and other native wildlife safe from predatory foxes and cats.
  — National Geographic, 5 Apr. 2018
• Her friends and family warned her about scams and predatory tactics.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2018
• In the run-up to the 2007 financial crisis, mortgage lenders issued predatory loans to people who couldn’t afford to pay them back.
  — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 16 June 2023
• Horror stories often involve monsters, and those predatory men are among the ugliest in the book.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2019
• Sure, #TimesUp and #MeToo do white women a service by taking out abusive and predatory trash and keeping them out of harm’s way.
  — Clarkisha Kent, The Root, 18 Jan. 2018
• Vultures, in the popular mind, are predatory birds that seek out the carcasses of animals that have died.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2019
• The move is the latest attempt by the ticketing giant to combat the predatory secondary market.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
• Great white sharks can grow up to 20-feet long and weigh up to 2.5 tons, making them the largest predatory fish to roam the sea, according to National Geographic.
  — Jennifer Earl, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2018
• Pociu said the types of fish being tested include smallmouth bass, which is a predatory game fish, and white suckers, a bottom feeder.
  — Gregory B. Hladky, courant.com, 13 July 2019
• Murky, fast-moving water allows small Chinook to escape the hungry jaws of predatory fish such as striped bass.
  — Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 2 May 2018
• This in turn attracts plankton and small fish, which in turn draws larger, predatory fish such as dorado, tuna, and sharks.
  — Brian Payton, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018
• In sum, Barnier’s government is a fragile one and vulnerable to predatory challenges from the left and right of the political spectrum.
  — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024
• Development of breeds has altered dogs’ typical predatory behavior sequence, which goes like this: orient, eye, stalk, chase, grab-bite, kill-bite.
  — Judith Stella, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024