Predations is an English word. Below you'll find 6 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Predations meaning
plural of predation
Using Predations
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of predation
- In the example corpus, predations often appears in combinations such as: the predations, predations of.
Context around Predations
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Predations
- In this selection, "predations" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sexual stand out and add context to how "predations" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and sexual predations and bringing such predations to an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "predations" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with predations
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Yet he enjoys near unshakable support from 43 percent of Americans despite his dishonesty, poor judgment, instability, incoherence, cruelty and sexual predations. (22 words)
And those constraints have forced Ryan to choose what really matters to him: the protection of the makers from the predations of the takers. (24 words)
An inglorious example of company misbehaviour remains Rio Tinto’s predations through its Panguna copper mine, of which it was a majority shareholder for 45 years. (26 words)
American Jews should certainly celebrate Independence Day, and especially appreciate that the U.S. was a haven for Jews – a refuge from the predations of Europe in the 19 centuries. (30 words)
An inglorious example of company misbehaviour remains Rio Tinto’s predations through its Panguna copper mine, of which it was a majority shareholder for 45 years. (26 words)
In one particularly vivid instance, they pounced on an overseer who tried to whip an African woman, lashing him instead, bringing such predations to an end. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
American Jews should certainly celebrate Independence Day, and especially appreciate that the U.S. was a haven for Jews – a refuge from the predations of Europe in the 19 centuries.
Yet he enjoys near unshakable support from 43 percent of Americans despite his dishonesty, poor judgment, instability, incoherence, cruelty and sexual predations.
An inglorious example of company misbehaviour remains Rio Tinto’s predations through its Panguna copper mine, of which it was a majority shareholder for 45 years.
And those constraints have forced Ryan to choose what really matters to him: the protection of the makers from the predations of the takers.
In one particularly vivid instance, they pounced on an overseer who tried to whip an African woman, lashing him instead, bringing such predations to an end.
Italy was shown to be very vulnerable to the predations of the powerful nation-states, France and Spain, that had forged themselves during the previous century.
Common combinations with predations
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the predations 3×
- predations of 3×