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Sentence Examples
The cub would not leave her, as it would fall a prey to the hyenas, too young for fight or escape.
Examples from Classical Literature
And if no worse consequence ensue, many of them must infallibly fall a prey to the enemy.
If a thief comes and steals away one, then let him go his way and fall a prey to the thief.
If he did not fall a prey to his pack of hounds, we may however fay that he was devoured by his favourites, who mifled his youth and his great foul.
The next Sabbath morning, as I was going to the ordinances, the adversary suggested that l would fall a prey to him one day or other, and so wound religion.
There is scarce one of the deer or hare kind, that is not very easily capable of escaping them by its swiftness, so that whenever any of these fall a prey, it must be owing to their own inattention.
The young ones take to the water as soon as they are hatched, but they often fall a prey to the marsh harrier.
Oh, Holy Mother, that to villain hawks Our dove should fall a prey!
