huntress

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Recent Examples of huntress 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 Zhang is Milva, a human adopted by the dryads of Brokilon Forest who is a fierce and talented huntress. Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for huntress 
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Noun
  • At least, this was what some of the first dinosaur hunters in the West said.
    Caroline Winterer / Made by History, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
  • From these and other bits of evidence, Dart concluded that Australopithecus had been a ferocious hunter who had wielded animal bones as clubs.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In other words, adopting Amendment 2 won’t change any existing fishing regulations or the agency’s ability to set seasons, bag limits, or methods, and sportsmen will still have to purchase fishing and hunting licenses.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Any sportsman of conscience should do what is right: Boycott Afghanistan.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 1 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 20 Jan. 2025.

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