beast of prey

noun

1. a predatory mammal.

beast of prey

noun

1. any animal that hunts other animals for food

Example Sentences

No beast of prey could fit into that log, or reach beak, talon, fang, or claw deep enough to get at Abel where he planned to sleep.

From Literature

“I do not doubt that he hovers near the spot which I inhabit, and if he has indeed taken refuge in the Alps, he may be hunted like the chamois and destroyed as a beast of prey. But I perceive your thoughts; you do not credit my narrative and do not intend to pursue my enemy with the punishment which is his desert.”

From Literature

He looked toward the river, where the cauldron crouched like a glowering beast of prey.

From Literature

Even lovely nature is “the battleground of tormented and agonized beings who continue to exist only by each devouring the other. Therefore, every beast of prey in it is the living grave of thousands of others, and its self-maintenance is a chain of torturing deaths.”

From Washington Post

“It will cause succeeding generations to regard us as being possessed of the leading characteristics of the savage and the beast of prey — cruelty and greed.”

From Washington Post