hunted

/ ˈhʌntɪd /

adjective

1. harassed and worn

   he has a hunted look

Example Sentences

Their prey included larger species such as California sea lions, northern elephant seals, gray whale calves and Pacific white-sided dolphins, and they typically hunted in groups averaging nine individuals.

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Although it’s a relatively small number, it represents a stunning recovery for the apex predators, which were hunted and trapped into extinction in the 1920s.

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And if Lord Fredrick stayed home, the danger of a wayward shot was all but eliminated . . . but this “hunt or be hunted” business made her deeply uneasy.

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Both nights had ended in mayhem, with the children being pursued—or hunted, if you will.

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Melville, we are told, concluded that “the hunted whale cannot now escape speedy extinction.”

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