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
The girl was the first to speak, and Brent noticed that she was blushing furiously: "I—I am hunting," she announced, swinging her rifle prominently into view.
From Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
She will think I am hunting for one of my own people.
From Felix O'Day by Francis Hopkinson Smith
"I am the most conscienceless fortune hunter you ever met, but—I am hunting my own fortune, not Allie Briskow's."
From Flowing Gold by Rex Ellingwood Beach
