He gives a touching description of the griefs which are Preying upon his mind.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
As I had not been accustomed to see Master Simon in a pensive mood, I thought there might be some vexation Preying on his mind, and I endeavoured to introduce a cheerful strain of conversation; but he was not in the vein to follow it up, and proposed that we should take a walk.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Yet there was absolutely nothing in the law to place restraint upon this man; he could wander from state to state, or to the other side of the world, Preying upon lovely young girls wherever he went.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair