bird of prey
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile the narrator’s financially devious husband appears as a vulture with “the brooding eye, the blood-tipped beak, the flabby folds of flesh” of a bird of prey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
How do you share a film set with a notoriously fierce bird of prey?
From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025
“He is a mix between a bird of prey, like a peregrine falcon, with extremely streamlined shapes — of course a feline but also a Mexican salamander called an axolotl,” Otto says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025
Buzzards are the most common and widespread bird of prey in the UK and often feed on carrion, according to the RSPB.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025
Dustfinger cursed under his breath, listened to the sounds of the night for a moment, then imitated the shrill cry of a bird of prey.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
