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Example sentences for: preys

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The movie, based on a best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks, preys on the unsatisfied longings in us all; were it to satisfy any of them too quickly its spell would evaporate in a second.
Obviously, outlet guards and rubber padding for low furniture (the "Coffee Tables of Death," with which most parents are familiar) are necessary, but the Wall of Death preys on parental fear.
The corrupting thing about compulsory voluntarism is that it preys on the high-minded to the benefit of the unscrupulous.