huntsman

Example Sentences

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Back in 2019, dozens of social huntsman spiders took over one of the boxes.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

An Australian state's health minister was giving a Covid update when a journalist pointed out she had a huntsman spider crawling on her.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021

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

Sent by an evil queen to capture an escaped princess, a huntsman instead becomes the young woman’s protector and helps her in her quest to regain control of her kingdom.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

Like a good huntsman, she was careful to preserve the young; she was “the protectress of dewy youth” everywhere.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton