Used in a Sentence

hunted

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hunted.

Editorial note

Wild Animals have gone through a little of that (any animal that attacks a human is hunted down and killed), but nowhere near as much as domestic animals.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Being the subject of a hunt.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hunted gathered in one view.

adjective

Being the subject of a hunt.

adjective

(figuratively) Nervous and agitated, as if pursued.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hunted.

adjective

Being the subject of a hunt.

adjective

(figuratively) Nervous and agitated, as if pursued.

Example sentences

1

Wild Animals have gone through a little of that (any animal that attacks a human is hunted down and killed), but nowhere near as much as domestic animals.

2

But they deserve being hunted down by lynch mob of defrauded cheaters for that removal fee extortion.

3

One owns the apples one picked, but not the apple tree; the deer one hunted, but not the forest.

4

We use the ranking data from Hunted to make suggestions and return Grooveshark, Spotify, Myspace or Youtube playable tracks.

5

They ate the occasional cow or chicken too and hunted for venison, but meat was not had with every meal.

6

Horses where re-imported to the US after they were hunted to extinction by Native Americans.

7

We talked about distant lands..how one of us hunted a Dragon last week, sang songs.

8

That'd be a strategy that would better suit both the hunters and the hunted.

9

Nomadic natives hunted buffalo, and you can bet they got sick of pemmican and jerky after a few months of being snowbound.

10

Gay people are not hunted and jailed like someone might want you believe.

11

Sorry, should have hunted down the precise numbers before blurting them out!

12

It helps noticing prey when hunting or predators when being hunted.

Quote examples

1

My use of the word "malleable" could be a coded reference which means, to those in the know, that you should be hunted down and killed.

2

Nor am I arguing that unnatural or transhumanist athletes should be "hunted down" by goon squads.

3

Finally a couple of months later, I hunted around their website a bit and didn't immediately see anything related to "quitting the club".

4

Does it count if it’s not classifiable as “writing.” If people paint a cave and we understand they were talking about hunting aurochses with spears, then we know there were some people here that hunted aurochses with spear.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hunted in a sentence?

Wild Animals have gone through a little of that (any animal that attacks a human is hunted down and killed), but nowhere near as much as domestic animals.

What does hunted mean?

Being the subject of a hunt.

What part of speech is hunted?

hunted is commonly used as adjective.