How to Use manhunt in a Sentence

manhunt

noun

• After several days of searching, the sheriff called off the manhunt.
• The FBI launched a manhunt to find the kidnappers.
• The manhunt came to an end when Matt was shot and killed by police.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 9 May 2022
• And as the manhunt enters its second week, there seems to be no end in sight.
  — al, 6 May 2022
• Brandt Rempe, 52, who lives in the search area, said one of the officers who was part of the sprawling manhunt warned him on Tuesday evening.
  — Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• The shooters were able to return to the vehicle and leave the area, and a manhunt is underway.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 6 Nov. 2022
• The suspect remains on the run and a manhunt is underway.
  — Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 11 July 2024
• Today, the manhunt is over for the suspect in the rural Texas neighbor shooting.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• That sparked a three-day manhunt that ended with one of two suspects being shot and killed.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2022
• New details have also emerged about the 30-hour manhunt that ensued to find James.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 15 Apr. 2022
• Mady gets embroiled in a manhunt and will have one night to prove his innocence.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
• The two were at the center of an 11-day manhunt before Casey White was captured in Indiana.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 4 May 2023
• But three weeks into an extensive manhunt, the suspects are still on the run.
  — Aurelien Breeden, New York Times, 5 June 2024
• Charles survived a bullet to the back and claimed that a Black man had attacked him and his wife, setting of a racist manhunt across Boston.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
• The three women were killed in the attack around 7 p.m. local time Tuesday night in Bushey, a town north of London, spurring a manhunt.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
• The shooting triggered a massive police manhunt near the 400 block of Johnson Street.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2023
• Cabana was the subject of a days-long manhunt by the New York Police Department.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• While the other fugitive was captured, Arnold eluded the manhunt.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
• Amid the latest manhunt, Jamestown police are now referring to Burham as a suspect in that case.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 July 2023
• Stanton, a friend of Lincoln's, organized the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 11 May 2022
• The 38-year-old Oropesa had been the focus of a four-day manhunt after the murders in nearby Cleveland occurred.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
• The gunman would disappear, the subject of a daylong manhunt.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2023
• At the James Smith Cree Nation, the reserve that bore the brunt of the attacks, residents on their porches rejoiced as word spread that the manhunt was over.
  — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
• The news comes after a three-day manhunt spanning several Maine cities.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• Israel had put in place a semi-blockade of Jericho during the 10-day manhunt.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
• While the manhunt was ongoing, residents of the Lewiston area were wary and watchful.
  — Tom Bell, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• Vicky and Casey White evaded police for nearly two weeks, leading to an 11-day manhunt.
  — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• Phoenix police have launched a manhunt for the suspect who allegedly strangled a woman to death on a bus last week.
  — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 9 May 2022
• When officers returned fire, Cowan fled, leading to a three-day manhunt.
  — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
• When Casey and Vicky failed to return to the jail, local, state, and federal investigators began what would evolve into an 11-day manhunt for the pair.
  — Rachel Brodsky, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024