These thoughts still preyed upon her mind, and made her listless and depressed.
Yes; that was the undying vulture which preyed upon his entrails--the consuming fire that was never quenched.
"Such were the events that preyed on the heart of Felix and rendered him, when I first saw him, the most miserable of his family.
It might be that the banker had terrified this unhappy girl by some awful threat that had preyed upon her mind, and driven her from the man who loved her, whom she loved perhaps, in spite of those heartless words which she had spoken in the bitter hour of their parting.