hunt
verb (used with object)
to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
am hunting
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present progressiveof hunt (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Brooke told the lawmakers, “I would feel more safe wearing blaze pink than fluorescent orange when I am hunting in autumn.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018
‘I came out of the North. I am hunting Orcs.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
"I am hunting down a man called Araxes," answered the Doctor.
From Ziska by Marie Corelli
By Zeus, no! but I am hunting for fine, tasty words to break down the hardness of their hearts.—I grieve so much for you, who at one time were kings….
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
I am hunting for the boy who read the book.
From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli
