How to use "predatory" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "predatory" in popular movie and book plots

  • Giles supplies the missing information: a predatory act is required, like when the original four students tormented the boy.  - The Pack (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  • Kainan tells them it is a "Moorwen", a predatory creature which caused his (space)ship to crash and now will hunt men and animals alike.  - Outlander (film)
  • They have become bitter rivals with the predatory Portland Protective Association (PPA), led by the Armingers.  - The Protector's War
  • The reader wonders if the two shopkeepers will control their predatory instincts long enough to make a sale.  - The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
  • The alien survivors, known as Vecarians, are quickly killed by the planet's predatory native inhabitants, the Selenites.  - Kaena: The Prophecy
  • Carter enters the Enchanted Wood and meets the zoogs, a race of predatory and sentient rodents.  - The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
  • Later, as Irena sleeps, Paul watches her with a predatory stare.  - Cat People (1982 film)
  • He falls into the tank containing a large predatory fish that wrenches his body to the bottom.  - The Bat (novel)
  • Gujjar is a physically imposing man and a ruthless, predatory mercenary.  - Bandit Queen
  • The swarms exhibit predatory behavior, attacking and killing animals in the wild, using code that Jack himself worked on.  - Prey (novel)
  • The human intervention leads to a Runa baby boom, which is tragically harvested by the predatory Jana'ata.  - The Sparrow (novel)
  • This resulted in the incredible predatory abilities of the grendels.  - The Legacy of Heorot
  • While he is not as wild as his peers, he is an unwelcome admirer: Helen senses his predatory nature when they play chess.  - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
  • He has another quarrel with Weaver and his predatory wife, whose advances he rejects, much to her chagrin.  - This Sporting Life
  • Odetta is completely unaware that she has an alternate personality; a violent, predatory woman named Detta Walker.  - The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
  • As she sleeps, a predatory male approaches and rapes her, with the victim seeming partially willing by the end of it.  - Glen or Glenda

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