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Recent Examples of huntress
Pure Evil dispatches Fianna (Rachel House), a huntress who shoots fire lasers from her eyes, to secure the map by any means necessary.
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Are Antlers Horns? (Credit:Chamois huntress/Shutterstock) Frequently used interchangeably, antlers and horns are quite different.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
Yet even as Daisy Ridley acts with a wary urgency, the upshot is that Helena, raised not by wolves but by a kind of human wolf, is supposed to be a huntress to her bones.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
Feyre is a 19-year-old huntress who kills a wolf in the woods.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
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Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
Are Antlers Horns? (Credit:Chamois huntress/Shutterstock) Frequently used interchangeably, antlers and horns are quite different.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
Yet even as Daisy Ridley acts with a wary urgency, the upshot is that Helena, raised not by wolves but by a kind of human wolf, is supposed to be a huntress to her bones.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
Feyre is a 19-year-old huntress who kills a wolf in the woods.
—Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for huntress
Noun
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An animal is less likely to spot a single hunter, and the stalk has to be silent.—
Ray Alt,
Outdoor Life,
27 Mar. 2025
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Ward is a big-game hunter who has never once backed down from throwing into a tight window.—
Derrik Klassen,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His family was Protestant, and as a sportsman Willie participated in one of the few areas of cultural life where the distinction between the North and the South was officially erased.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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The design was born out of founder Coco Chanel’s relationship with the Duke of Westminster: the couple vacationed together in the Scottish highlands, where sportsmen favored suits fashioned out of the woolen knit.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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Her husband of 36 years – and exactly one week – stayed home with their 2-year-old goldendoodle, Orion, named like the huntsman placed among the stars by a god, and their black Jeep in the driveway.—
Sharif Paget,
CNN,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Huntress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huntress. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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