hunt
verb (used with object)
to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
had hunted
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past perfectof hunt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A Tomos Williams hack through set up an attacking platform for Wales after Taulupe Faletau had hunted down Beauden Barrett.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2022
Eventually, she decided to begin eating game she had hunted and trapped — first venison, but then beaver and muskrat and even, once, a bobcat.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2022
Modi said Biden had mentioned the connection to him previously, so he had hunted for documents that could help fill in the gaps in the family tree.
From Reuters ● Sep. 24, 2021
In the epic expedition, York had gone on scouting missions, had hunted buffalo and deer to feed the group and helped tend to the sick, according to historian Stephen Ambrose’s book “Undaunted Courage.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2021
He was a medical doctor who had hunted viruses in Southeast Asia.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
