How to Use huntsman in a Sentence

huntsman

noun
  • The huntsman turned back toward me and walked closer to my face.
    Laura Beck, Cosmopolitan, 31 Oct. 2015
  • The huntsman — the title of the person who trains and works the hounds who in this case was Cody Hayes, a 25-year-old woman — sounded the horn and the hounds were off seeking a scent.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Live Science notes that the average huntsman species is about 1-inch long with a leg span up to 5 inches.
    Fox News, 1 Aug. 2019
  • For example, the painting of Jean as huntsman hangs near a screen where a clip from his 1939 masterpiece The Rules of the Game is playing.
    Thomas Hine, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
  • The huntsman leads the pack so the hounds don't run astray or into dangerous territory, like a road.
    Stephanie Klein-Davis, chicagotribune.com, 26 Nov. 2019
  • But the most important shows him as a boy on the cusp of adolescence, wearing a blue suit and carrying a rifle in the pose of a huntsman.
    Thomas Hine, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
  • In October of last year, a video emerged showing an enormous Huntsman spider dragging a mouse up a wall and trying to eat it.
    Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 31 May 2017
  • In 2016, video of a huntsman spider scaling the side of a refrigerator while toting a dead mouse went viral.
    The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 19 June 2019
  • In 2008, a huntsman spider was named Heteropoda davidbowie to celebrate the artist.
    Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2017
  • In 2008, a huntsman spider was named Heteropoda davidbowie to celebrate the artist.
    Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 23 June 2017
  • Andrii Ishchuk, as Hilarion, the huntsman in love with Giselle, struggled — and repeatedly failed — to keep his pulled above his nose.
    New York Times, 22 Oct. 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.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Unlike other spiders that use webs to ensnare their prey, huntsman chase theirs down and immobilize them using venom.
    The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 19 June 2019
  • Similar to today’s black widows and huntsman spiders, C. yingi had silk-producing spinnerets near its rear end.
    Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2018
  • In August, an Australian woman posted photos of a giant huntsman spider lurking in her home on Facebook before it was safely removed.
    Fox News, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Redbacks, huntsmen, golden orbs, and St. Andrews Cross spiders are said to be particularly prevalent.
    Genevieve Vallee, National Geographic, 8 Mar. 2016
  • The animated fantasy show RWBY is set in a world filled with horrific monsters bent on death and destruction, and where humanity’s hope lies with powerful huntsmen and huntresses.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • President Trump is nominating former utah governor jon huntsman as the ambassador to Russia.
    Philip Bump, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2018

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