Preyed

Examples

• From time immemorial the black pirates of Barsoom have preyed upon the Holy Therns. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• There were also a number of great flesh-eaters who preyed upon these herbivores. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Such were the events that preyed on the heart of Felix, and rendered him, when I first saw him, the most miserable of his family. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• She strayed out, pallid and preyed-upon like a ghost, like one attacked by the tomb-influences which dog us. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But she preyed upon our minds dreadfully. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This state of mind preyed upon my health, which had entirely recovered from the first shock it had sustained. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• With this occupation she gave up almost every other; and her mind preyed upon itself almost to madness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Was he not simply another of the countless wild things of the jungle who preyed upon one another to satisfy the cravings of hunger? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• On rare occasions it flashed up passionately, as she did; but for the most part it was suppressed, like her, and preyed upon itself evenly and slowly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I have preyed on my own morbid coward heart, and it has preyed on me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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