hunted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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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?”
From Literature
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That pattern led some researchers to suggest these fish eating theropods may have been fully aquatic predators that hunted underwater.
From Science Daily
Like most Indians, she has only ever hunted for white label bargains in street-side bazaars all her life.
From BBC
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