Word: preyed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Dean Burch really had the interest of the country at heart, he could have informed the proper authorities to "phase out" Jenkins without publicity. By making it known, he has not only destroyed a life, but he has made Jenkins the possible prey of any plot to extort information...
Unfortunately, he recently fell prey to a spreading political malaise and wrote a book--or rather, a campaign potboiler, entitled The Cause is Mankind. Humphrey didn't actually write this book; he talked it, dictating during lulls in the Senate's civil rights debate. The short, ringing sentences burst out awkwardly at the reader like applause lines from an extemporaneous address...
HAMLET is played by Richard Burton as Hamlet wanted to be-the self-assured ruler of his fortunes, and never the tormented prey of a tragic destiny. It is a portrayal alight with intelligence, but rarely aflame with feeling...
Horses are the victims of a botfly that lays its eggs on their legs, and sheep are the prey of another kind of botfly that lays its eggs in their noses. The eggs hatch into maggots which mature in the animals' bodies causing severe illness and sometimes death. So far, the U.S. has been spared the activities of yet another botfly, still more repulsive, that makes man its unwilling and miserable host. But in this week's A.M.A. Journal, a Florida doctor reports that the U.S. has just had a narrow escape from being colonized by the unpleasant...
HAMLET is played by Richard Burton as Hamlet wanted to be-the self-assured ruler of his fortunes, and never the tormented prey of a tragic destiny. It is a portrayal alight with intelligence, but rarely aflame with feeling...