en proie à
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]en proie à (invariable)
- in the grip of; prey to; affected by
- 50,000 civils sont en proie aux combats.
- 50,000 civilians are affected by the battles.
- 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 13, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 2:
- Il était en proie à une foule de sensations nouvelles.
- He was in the grip of a host of new sensations.
- 2024 July 15, Guillaume Mollaret, “En proie au risque réputationnel, Perrier tente la diversification”, in La Provence, page 11:
- En proie au risque réputationnel, Perrier tente la diversification [title]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)