Examples of hunter in a Sentence
Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2023
The suspect was then forced to leave their saw in the tree, where it was eventually found by the hunter who owned the stand.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
As hunters returned with their game, meat would join the pot, and this cycle would continue for days, with the stew constantly being refreshed and reheated.
—Jonathan Miles, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
The hunter alerted authorities, and search-and-rescue teams were able to locate, retrieve and identify Moore’s body on Oct. 31, the sheriff’s office said.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
Undergraduate phage hunters at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County isolated a satellite phage called MiniFlayer from the soil bacterium Streptomyces scabiei.
—The Conversation, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
This year’s Python Challenge drew 1,035 hunters and netted 209 pythons.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
Three other hunters — Trey Barber, Carter Gavlock and Holden Hunter — also spotted the python at the same time as Elfenbein and joined him and his son in wrangling the snake.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
Magnet fishers throw their lines into waters all over the world, joining the tribe of amateur treasure hunters that includes beachcombers with their metal detectors and mudlarkers plucking Roman coins from the muck of the River Thames.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
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Word History
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Hunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunter. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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