Word: preyed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...went by the name of Bruce, rolled his trousers for protection. After a hasty tactical conference they attacked the bedroom, closing the door afterwards so their would be no egress. Three dropped to their kness; the fourth ascended a chair to observe. Desk, bookcase, rug, mattress were examined. No prey...
People who were gullible enough to believe that it is possible for the earth to be invaded by "men from Mars" should be kicking themselves instead. They, who jump at conclusions are simple prey for war propagandists and lead others into spilling of blood...
...roads lead to Rome, and all final examination and course grades lead the students hot on their trail to University Hall. But that ground is hallowed now, and no sleuth may legally apprehend his prey thereon...
...More non-virgin boys came from villages than from cities. "It is still the village girls who fall an easy prey, but it is the village boys who seduce them." Most promiscuous of the girls, daughter of an insurance man in the Southwest, had had 20 affairs in two years. Said one girl: "My chief reason for yielding is that boys are so insistent and I have no good argument against...
...were brash enough to grab both the eel's head and tail at the same time, he might get a 500-volt charge. These electric eels, which grow to 8 ft., 50 lb., swim about in stagnant pools, paralyze small fish by discharging electricity, can keep their prey unconscious for several hours, gobble them up at will. The uneaten fish recover from the paralysis unharmed...