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 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
  • Orion was a giant huntsman whom Zeus placed amongst the stars, securing his place in heroic tales for all time.
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 10 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Though who’s the better huntsman may never be known, the two have specialized in tracking down quarterbacks and running backs for the Cavs.
    — Colby Gordon, Austin American Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025
  • 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, 26 Mar. 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, 30 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hunting for the pie, the children are kidnapped by an Enchanted Blade Gang of poachers, battle their ringleader, a real witch, outwit a huntsman, befriend a fairy and bond together to become best friends forever.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023

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