How to Use predation in a Sentence

predation

noun

• This can lead to death from shock or predation, or from boat strikes.
  — Maria Morava and Scottie Andrew, CNN, 18 Feb. 2021
• Ranchers rage at them for their predation of lambs and calves.
  — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2021
• Maybe there's better food up there or less predation.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 5 Apr. 2026
• Freed from predation, purple urchins razed vast swaths of kelp unchecked.
  — Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
• Most survive predation to mate and then drop dead to the forest floor.
  — Jillian Mock, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2021
• The move was designed to reduce predation by gulls and other birds on the small fish.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2020
• The outdoor pens are covered by a net top to prevent predation.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
• This would help determine which pod might have been involved in the predation.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2022
• The threats to their survival range from habitat loss to predation and disease.
  — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
• Since urchins eat kelp, otters’ predation also plays a role in helping kelp forests grow.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
• Ground-nesting birds such as turkeys, quail, and some songbirds are at risk of tegu predation.
  — Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
• Second, beetle predation on eggs hasn’t yet been observed in the wild.
  — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 1 Mar. 2019
• Heti’s own temple is a place of both protection and predation.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
• Of course, herbivory, or plant predation, is not ideal for a plant’s survival.
  — Jacob S. Suissa, The Conversation, 20 June 2024
• Fawns are dropping around the country right now and many won’t make it through the spring and summer due to predation.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2024
• At other white shark hot spots around the world there is always a kill zone — a place where more predation events occur.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 10 July 2019
• During their early years the trees are subject to predation and the volatile whims of nature.
  — Thayer Walker, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2016
• But in sites with active cougar predation, the donkeys were only seen during the day.
  — Sam Zlotnik, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Aug. 2022
• In this case, the hyena’s predation on goats led to its tracking and eventual death.
  — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2025
• It is believed that such discharges help to protect the insect against predation.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• This study is the first to focus on the direct impacts of human predation on other species.
  — Gina Errico, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
• Hiding their scat is thought to be an ancient response to the danger of predation by larger cats.
  — Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2020
• Hiding their scat is thought to be an ancient response to the danger of predation by larger cats.
  — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 13 Jan. 2020
• But the column and the letter did not mention the issue of predation by free-ranging cats on wildlife.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 2 July 2017
• Half of the Spix’s macaws have died, mostly from predation, or disappeared.
  — Fabiano Maisonnave, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
• This safe space has provided him with an escape from the death, filth and predation outside, and something more.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022
• The small fish such as alewife and rainbow smelt are also subject to predation by predator fish such as chinook salmon and lake trout.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2023
• According to Muller, the calf’s mother was tucked away in the weeds nearby when the predation event took place.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2024
• Or that their conspicuousness puts them at a higher risk of predation?
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
• But cat behaviors, such as their love of dairy and predation of wild birds, put them at higher risk, Kuchipudi said.
  — Kff Health News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025