hunted

Example Sentences

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Last week, Germany's Upper House, the Bundesrat, approved measures by Parliament to allow wolves to be hunted.

From BBC

Naturalist Stephen Boyes believes massive elephants live undetected on a remote plateau in Angola; they’d be descendants of a giant pachyderm hunted and killed 70 years ago that now resides in the Smithsonian.

From Los Angeles Times

But still the hunted people kept coming, and the needs were often more complicated than rations cards and addresses.

From Literature

Iranians said they have seen security forces scramble for safe workspaces while hunted by Israeli jets and drones, taking over schools and sports facilities and civilian buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wolf had never hunted reindeer, but he knew the scent well, for his mother used to bring him the branches that grow from reindeers’ heads, with the hide hanging off in delicious, chewable tatters.

From Literature