Word: preyed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...opponents, Dr. Robertson, Independent, called back: "Professional character assassins . . . social pariahs who prey like ghouls upon the weaknesses of mankind . . . filthy parasites." Fred Lundin, onetime crony and mentor of Mr. Thompson, now backing Dr. Robertson said: "My only answer to Thompson for calling me a rat and his other vile and untruthful references is that for a period of eight years he lived most of the time at this rat's house and was willing and eager to gnaw at this rat's table...
...laughed." "Oh how can I express the joy of my soul or speak of the mercy of God." When he was not misspelling the journal of his days, Anthony Cornstock acted as president of the Society for the Prevention of Vice. In this capacity he hunted Satan, finding his prey sometimes in the guise of a bartender brandishing a pack of cards, more often as an abortionist fumbling with a contraceptive, most frequently as a pornographer raising the dark symbol of a dirty book. His chasing of pornographers did not always end with a clean capture. Over a fairly long...
...even in the Chinese quarter did anyone much care what happened. The city has been the prey of super-bandits, calling themselves "War Lords" for years; and all the inhabitants faced, last week, was the arrival of another army which might be a little more lenient about looting than the last, since its leaders profess the brotherhood of Chinese against the foreigner. But small disturbances bred riots; the streets of the native city seethed with turbulent and unorganized fighting. To the International Settlement, thousands of fugitive Chinese, 100 white Russians fled, sought refuge...
...Butcher bird. (He often impales his prey-small animals and large insects-on thorns...
...could have been no more ineffectual. Dick Whittington's cat, who rid an African kingdom of rats at one fell swoop, might have prevailed, but not the cats of Kern County. Rocking with glee, the newsgatherers told stories about cowardly cats fleeing to cover, proud cats ignoring such easy prey, big-hearted cats adopting families of mice. The ever-colorful New York World carried a report of one cat who added 16 mice to her litter of kittens. The World headline read: "Cats . . . Scorn Tons of Mice as Tabby Manna...