en proie à

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃ pʁwa a/

Adverb

en proie à

  1. 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, “Petit-Gervais” (chapter XIII), in Les misérables‎, Tome I—Fantine, Livre deuxième—La chute:
      Il était en proie à une foule de sensations nouvelles.
      He was in the grip of a host of new sensations.
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