hunted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Is it better to be the hunted or the hunter?
From BBC
Unlike missile launchers, which because of their size and signature can be hunted down by U.S. and Israeli aircraft, Shaheds are easily concealed.
These excursions hunted for evidence of Sir Franklin, and cached food, tents, and other supplies for future trips in the spring.
From Literature
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His comrades have been slowly picked off, and without human connections he has further transformed into a hunted animal, driven to elude his pursuers purely by “anger and desperation.”
“Aw, Daisy,” I said, “what do you think animals are for anyway. Just to look at? They’re supposed to be hunted. How else would a boy have any fun in these hills?”
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