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Preying is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Preying in a sentence

Preying | Prey | Preyed | Preys | Preyer

Preying meaning

present participle and gerund of prey

Using Preying

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of prey
  • In the example corpus, preying often appears in combinations such as: preying on, of preying, are preying.

Context around Preying

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Preying

  • In this selection, "preying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, connection, child, otherwise, predator and upon stand out and add context to how "preying" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include animal connection preying on gwen and are now preying on educational. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "preying" sits close to words such as adamson, adapts and adeyemi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with preying

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Australian Broadcasting Boss Attacks Joe Rogan As 'Malevolent Figure Preying On The Public'zerohedge. (14 words)

Garcia is looking for a serial killer who might be preying on blind women. (14 words)

Rowan is manipulating Amy through his "self-improvement" institution, preying on vulnerable individuals to defraud them. (16 words)

Fletcher said the bill is preying on not only performers expressing themselves but transgender individuals doing something as simple as singing to themselves in line at the grocery store, being regarded as male/female impersonation and adult performance. (38 words)

In an impressively manipulative move, Lin Li then calms Warren down, convincing her that she is on her side because of their animal connection, preying on Gwen's trauma to get her to ally herself with Nature Girl. (38 words)

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has launched a groundbreaking effort to combat cryptocurrency scams targeting Brooklyn’s Russian-speaking community, alerting over 1,200 victims and disrupting a fraudulent network preying on unsuspecting investors. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Chris Redfield has endured his fair share of traumatic events across the Resident Evil series, and RE9 could capitalize by preying on his psyche.

Fletcher said the bill is preying on not only performers expressing themselves but transgender individuals doing something as simple as singing to themselves in line at the grocery store, being regarded as male/female impersonation and adult performance.

In an impressively manipulative move, Lin Li then calms Warren down, convincing her that she is on her side because of their animal connection, preying on Gwen's trauma to get her to ally herself with Nature Girl.

Instead of trying to separate wolves and coyotes into neat boxes, she said, officials should focus on the ecological services that can be provided by both — preying on overpopulated deer, for example.

In the initial sequence, we learn that a leopard is prowling in the area, and now we realise that it symbolises the child-preying predator on the loose here.

Many of the gangsters who are preying on Port-au-Prince came from within the ranks of the Haitian National Police, or PNH.

Neither fraud alerts nor credit freezes will prevent criminals from draining existing accounts, using existing credit/debit cards or otherwise preying on victims; these tools are aimed at preventing new accounts from being opened.

Whether there are truly more tigers or the reality is as Harihar cautions, one thing seems clear in Bhutan: there are more cases of big cats preying on livestock.

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Australian Broadcasting Boss Attacks Joe Rogan As 'Malevolent Figure Preying On The Public'zerohedge.

But Sir Keir will today accuse the Conservatives of 'preying on the hopes' of working people by failing to deliver on their election pledges.

Garcia is looking for a serial killer who might be preying on blind women.

His privileged position allows him to profit from the losses of ordinary people, including preying on those who develop a gambling addiction.

In the DOJ's press release, FBI Director Christopher Wray committed to bring to justice any abusive groups known to be preying on vulnerable kids online.

Joe Budden calls out Draya and all the old strags out here preying on all the young NBA Ballers like Jalen Green and Jaylen Brown etc… pic.

Preying on moneyed American expatriates in Europe, he steals identities, wrecks lives as he improves his own, at least materially.

Rowan is manipulating Amy through his "self-improvement" institution, preying on vulnerable individuals to defraud them.

She accomplishes this by preying upon fundamentalist Fremen believers who are eager for the prophecy to be fulfilled.

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has launched a groundbreaking effort to combat cryptocurrency scams targeting Brooklyn’s Russian-speaking community, alerting over 1,200 victims and disrupting a fraudulent network preying on unsuspecting investors.

After suffering a stroke, Judith Albright (Hershey) moves into a historic nursing home, where she begins to suspect something supernatural is preying on the residents.

Cybercriminals are now preying on educational institutions across Southeast Asia (SEA) that have been forced to shift to remote or hybrid learning environments, according to security firm Kaspersky.

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Common combinations with preying

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "preying" in a sentence?
An example: "Chris Redfield has endured his fair share of traumatic events across the Resident Evil series, and RE9 could capitalize by preying on his psyche." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "preying" from authentic English texts.
What does "preying" mean?
Preying means: present participle and gerund of prey
How many example sentences with "preying" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "preying", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.