How to Use predatory in a Sentence

predatory

adjective

• Hawks are predatory and may pose a danger to rabbits and other small pets.
• The company made millions for investors but clearly engaged in predatory lending practices.
• These predatory fish can be found in freestone creeks, big rivers, and large lakes.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 22 May 2024
• The predatory fish made a meal out of the shark, swallowing it whole.
  — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 18 July 2019
• Some people have relied on predatory loans to get by.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2026
• There’s small fish, not bigger than a grain of rice, all the way up to your large predatory fish, tiger sharks.
  — Laura Klairmont, CNN, 21 Apr. 2023
• For me, the answer to that is wrapped up in the predatory nature of this business.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 23 May 2023
• Does that mean there is no longer any predatory behavior in this business?
  — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2020
• Among the predatory insects that feed on aphids are several types of wasps.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• This isn't to imply that fintech is predatory.
  — Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
• But for predatory species that need prey to eat, growing them in a lab is more challenging.
  — Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
• Knoepfler has predicted the change will be a boon to predatory clinics.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 3 Aug. 2017
• When a predatory fish like a bass attacks the lure, the mussel fires its larvae in the dupe’s gills.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2015
• Male anglerfish are small − only about one inch − and are not predatory.
  — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
• Ctenophores are predatory sea creatures that live at widely varying depths across the world’s oceans.
  — Rudy Molinek, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
• Her friends and family warned her about scams and predatory tactics.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2018
• Claims of predatory practices have dogged the industry for many years.
  — Tom Metcalf, Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2017
• In the overnight viral sensations who become brands and try to hawk a predatory meme coin.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
• The damsel bug, an insect in the Nabidae family, is a predatory bug.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 21 May 2026
• I’ts not just the predatory European men the children have to look out for.
  — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2022
• Any higher than that, and non-native predatory fish that pass through the dam could reproduce.
  — Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 27 May 2026
• Any higher than that, and non-native predatory fish that pass through the dam could reproduce.
  — ABC News, 26 May 2026
• Initially, the program foundered because a predatory snail had found its way there.
  — James Ewinger, cleveland.com, 22 May 2017
• No, and whether the overall gacha model is predatory and whether a gacha game can be good and fun are two different things.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• Bald eagles are predatory birds that can stand up to 3 feet tall and have a wingspan stretching more than 8 feet.
  — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
• This keeps the hundred or so wild bettongs and other native wildlife safe from predatory foxes and cats.
  — National Geographic, 5 Apr. 2018
• Their predatory nature is one concern.
  — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
• The agency protects consumers from more than just predatory mortgage loans, though.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
• The predatory add-ons were annoying.
  — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
• Labour is coming for the fintech companies that enable these predatory sites in the first place.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026