Example Sentences

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The couple had been hunting game during their trip.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2023

Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at BTIG, said the most recent rally in suggested traders had been hunting for "lower quality" stocks they believed could catch up with shares that had already soared.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

“My boyfriend and I had been hunting for a house for a while. When I saw the turmeric-colored rental, I thought, ‘This is the house.’

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2022

They argued that while no physical evidence pointed to Mr. Kuenzel, his alleged accomplice’s pants were covered with the victim’s blood, which Venn had previously said was from a squirrel he had been hunting.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2022

They had been hunting gophers in the dark, and although the four cats were full of gopher meat, they sat in a semi-circle at the back door and mewed piteously for milk.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck