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
• Knoepfler has predicted the change will be a boon to predatory clinics.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 3 Aug. 2017
• 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
• To believe that there are people out there that can be predatory to children, that in and of itself is painful to most people.
  — Max Londberg and Kaitlyn Schwers, kansascity, 14 Sep. 2017
• Ctenophores are predatory sea creatures that live at widely varying depths across the world’s oceans.
  — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
• One of the antics includes their attempt to get a payday loan as Katt Williams haunts them from the window, telling them of the dangers of predatory loans.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Oct. 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
• Yes, there are a few predatory men, and they should be punished with the full force of the law, but the real crisis on campus isn’t criminal.
  — David French, National Review, 17 July 2017
• 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
• However, as drought worsened in the south this year, thousands of farmers and laborers have been forced to take out loans from predatory lenders.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 8 Aug. 2017
• 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
• Donald Trump is bringing those predatory characters to life.
  — Nolan Finley, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
• Without any clear way to prove ownership, those who inherit heirs’ property may lose it to predatory investors or the government.
  — Andrea Riquier, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024