huntsman

Example Sentences

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Pygmy possums would be unlikely to share their box with the spiders; in 2019, a huntsman, which can be six inches from leg to leg, reportedly ate a pygmy possum in Tasmania.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

Yet Fred’s whispery mumble made his words individually precious, like the feathery footprint of a Pleistocene huntsman on a windswept piece of stone.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

In 2020, the National Trust suspended trail licenses after video emerged of a prominent huntsman advising how to use them for covert illegal fox hunts.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2021

A huntsman and a fellow warrior battle an ice queen and her evil, resurrected sister.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2019

He could move as quickly as the huntsman became, although the latter had the experience of a life-time, he himself was smaller to get through obstacles and had, moreover, been taught by Maid Marian.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White