| As Trotsky predicted, capitalist restoration has reduced the USSR to a pauperized wasteland prey to all the ravages of imperialist depredation. |
| Young keeps a level tone throughout, tempering the tale of depredation with a dry wit. |
| That, we respectfully submit, relates directly to a depredation upon the exchequer of the Commonwealth. |
| The high casualty rate among smaller birds can be partly attributed to the depredations of their natural predators, the sparrow hawk and kestrel. |
| Quite simply, the depredations of the Danes aided Wessex by extinguishing all other royal lineages. |
| Remember how, in response to the depredations of bandits, the villagers hired as protectors seven itinerant warriors. |
