How to Use hunter in a Sentence

hunter

noun
  • Here, the hunters prepare to pierce the unicorn with their spears.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The hunter shot the charging bear with a pistol, the release states.
    Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 14 June 2023
  • The hunters stand, holding their guns, in front of their kill: birds, by the hundreds.
    Saumya Gupta, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Since then, the place has been embraced by both wine drinkers and ghost hunters.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The fourth hunter, an unidentified man, went to his truck to call 911 and get help.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In all, the hunters killed 44 bison, including one of the largest bulls on record.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The hunter is moving; the dog is moving; the birds are moving; the gun is moving.
    WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The hunters handed over the moose skull and meat, court documents say.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The child was found dead after a group of hunters called to report a man in a sleeping bag on the side of the road.
    Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • For bargain hunters, Prime Day is often about the big deals.
    Bychris Morris, Fortune, 21 June 2023
  • One of them, killed by a hunter in 2001, was probably wild.
    Catrin Einhorn Tristan Spinski, New York Times, 7 July 2023
  • There is an old adage about being a hunter as opposed to the hunted.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
  • House hunters, meanwhile, haven't seen their wages increase at the same pace.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
  • For new bowhunters and youth hunters, a hub-style ground blind is invaluable.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Which means that Menzies has gone from hunted to hunter and back.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • Good luck to the hunters once Doritos brand loyalists pile on.
    M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
  • This is a big reason archery hunters will be on elk one day and find their honey hole to be a ghost town the next.
    Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 2 Aug. 2023
  • And the good news for both deer and hunters alike, is that their antlers will likely be even larger than the year before.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Prices can creep up as house hunters compete over the few homes listed in a market.
    Anna Bahney, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Bianca and Larry Rudolph were avid hunters who traveled all over the world.
    Debora Patta, CBS News, 2 July 2023
  • Reichert took the shot when the buck turned broadside and after a short wait, the hunter was gripping the antlers of a true giant.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The teaser seems to imply that this hunter is the same one who killed Bambi’s mother.
    Ryan Fish, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The jump in mortgage rates has put a damper on home buying, pricing some house hunters out of the market.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 May 2023
  • Elma — otherwise healthy and 20 years old at the time of her death — likely met her end at the hands of hunters.
    Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Animal lovers as well as deer hunters have joined the chorus.
    Soumya Karlamangla Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Another author on the study, Matthew Wooller, points out that the mammoth likely died at the hands of hunters.
    Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Kansas City job hunters can apply through the city’s job portal.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The identity of the other hunter was not publicly released.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The state is planning to allocate 10 tags to hunters through a lottery that will be valid for the entire season.
    Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 17 Jan. 2024

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