Predatory is an English word with synonyms like marauding or predacious. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Predatory in a sentence
Predatory meaning
- Of, or relating to a predator.
- Living by preying on other living animals.
- Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
Synonyms of Predatory
Using Predatory
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, or relating to a predator. | Living by preying on other living animals. | Exploiting or victimizing others for personal gain.
- Useful related words include: marauding, predacious, predaceous, aggressive.
- In the example corpus, predatory often appears in combinations such as: of predatory, the predatory, predatory sexual.
Context around Predatory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Predatory
- In this selection, "predatory" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, citation, non, crazed, behaviour, trigonotarbid and invertebrates stand out and add context to how "predatory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused of predatory behaviour in and applied to predatory male offenders. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "predatory" sits close to words such as abolish, annex and appropriations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with predatory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It feels all schools are predatory today. (7 words)
He lives in a hostile and predatory world. (8 words)
It was a predatory goal from the edge of the box. (11 words)
In her new post as the Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) first director of safeguarding, Brandon is leading an increased effort to protect athletes from predatory coaches—and others—on the women’s professional tennis tour. (37 words)
Mr. Doe then attempted to enter Wigglesworth to meet this sneaky link, but was stopped by a Yard Securitas officer who informed him of the recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling prohibiting predatory senior-frosh trysts. (37 words)
The Hollywood star, standing trial under his full name Kevin Spacey Fowler, is accused of sex offences against four men who “had the misfortune to attract the attention of the predatory” actor, a jury was told. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Some evidence also suggests the presence of predatory trigonotarbid arachnoids and myriapods in Late Silurian facies. citation Predatory invertebrates would indicate that simple food webs were in place that included non-predatory prey animals.
As a former counter-terror chief he says the same work that goes on there - ranking which individuals present the most risk to the public - can be applied to predatory male offenders.
British corporations likewise have been regularly accused of predatory behaviour in Africa, especially within the energy sector.
Combined with scaly lips, our findings suggest that predatory dinosaurs may have had softer-looking faces and mouths than we’re used to.
He lives in a hostile and predatory world.
Her power for peace liberated half of Europe and kept Stalin’s predatory advance at bay.
Ian Watkins found fame and fortune as frontman for the rock band Lostprophets until he was unmasked as a drug-crazed predatory paedophile.
In her new post as the Women’s Tennis Association’s (WTA) first director of safeguarding, Brandon is leading an increased effort to protect athletes from predatory coaches—and others—on the women’s professional tennis tour.
It comes after a damning MailOnline investigation which also laid bare the predatory tactics some retailers and vape manufactures are using to target kids.
It feels all schools are predatory today.
It was a predatory goal from the edge of the box.
Jim Mowbray senior Crown prosecutor for CPS North West said: “Paul Whittaker demonstrated compulsive and predatory behaviour when he targeted care homes in order to perform sex acts for staff to see.
Mr. Doe then attempted to enter Wigglesworth to meet this sneaky link, but was stopped by a Yard Securitas officer who informed him of the recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling prohibiting predatory senior-frosh trysts.
Multiple states are acting to ban gender affirmation centers and are working to protect kids from the predatory behaviors of trans activism.
Predatory Ned goes full creep-mode as he marvels over Julie's maturation and newfound adulthood, scanning her up and down.
Right now, that threat comes only in the form of a bill called the Stop Predatory Investing Act.
So it really gives those farmers the opportunity to expand their operations without predatory lending,” Singh says.
Sometimes, the crocs approached the speakers underwater, as if in predatory fashion, and some even bit the devices.
That might sound like a shocking development, especially for hardcore console and PC players who aren't fans of mobile games for various reasons, including predatory monetization practices.
The Hollywood star, standing trial under his full name Kevin Spacey Fowler, is accused of sex offences against four men who “had the misfortune to attract the attention of the predatory” actor, a jury was told.
Common combinations with predatory
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of predatory 26×
- the predatory 20×
- predatory sexual 19×
- and predatory 17×
- predatory behaviour 9×
- predatory lending 9×
- predatory and 7×
- predatory practices 7×
- in predatory 6×
- predatory behavior 6×