preying

The murderous ghetto children we now grow can no longer be held to preying on their own.

There were monsters preying just outside their locked doors, often watching their windows at night.

Renamo rebels, preying upon disenchantment with the Government, raided them for recruits.

What was mainly on my mind just then - in fact, preying on it - was another obscure planet.

"Some bandit who moved into a deserted fort and amused himself by preying on the countryside and calling himself a king.

In these circumstances, ants may supplement their honeydew intake by preying on the aphids once the aphid populations have reached certain densities.

It is useful in preying on insects like the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella (Gracillariidae).

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He continues to live with them on "their" farm, and Jim compares him to a rattlesnake living in a prairie-dog tunnel, preying on the helpless animals.

Some Permian reptiles thrived in a fresh-water environment, preying on more vulnerable victims in shallow waters, such as fish and smaller reptilian types.

Later that year she was sent to the Seychelles and other islands to search for German commerce raiders, who were preying on allied shipping in the area.

What was preying on every mind at the council was the news that Mark Antony had reached Amphipolis with eight more legions and thousands of cavalry.

"The idea that there are a bunch of people out there preying on our military community is distasteful to me; I just don't believe it," Ms. Tauscher said.

I wondered if my refusal of his offer of marriage was preying on his mind-" "That hardly seems likely," I interrupted, attempting to reassure her.

FRANCE "Gangs of thieves operate on the rail link from Charles de Gaulle Airport to downtown Paris by preying on jet-lagged, luggage-burdened tourists."

Two out of three motorists surveyed said the anti-car crime TV advertising campaign, featuring hyenas preying on unprotected vehicles, made them feel they should do more about car security, he told a London conference.

In 2000, Johnson sponsored legislation that would require background checks for volunteers working in private groups, claiming "This turns the spotlight on the leeches of our society who are preying on our children."

After being cursed by their mother, a caveman brother and sister are forced to live their lives by preying on young people in a park and devouring their entrails in order to stay young.

With the smile of a cheerleader and the appetite of a shark, Martina Hingis is the epitome of a new wave of tennis teen-agers with no qualms about preying on the older generation.

To follow the sea star-mussel relationship, sea stars have an indirect negative effect on the diverse community that lives in the mussel bed because, by preying on mussels and decreasing mussel bed structure, those species that are facilitated by mussels are left homeless.

PLANET OF EXILE At the same time, in the Armory checking over the expedition's supplies once more, Huru Pilotson abruptly gave way to the uneasiness that had been preying on him all day and burst out, "What the hell does Agat think he's doing!"