Explore Manhunt through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like search or hunt. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Manhunt meaning
- An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
- A variant of hide and seek in which a player who is caught by the seeker themselves becomes a seeker, and the final player remaining is declared the winner.
Using Manhunt
- The main meaning on this page is: An organized search for a criminal or enemy. | A variant of hide and seek in which a player who is caught by the seeker themselves becomes a seeker, and the final player remaining is declared the winner.
- Useful related words include: search, hunt, hunting.
- In the example corpus, manhunt often appears in combinations such as: manhunt for, launched manhunt, the manhunt.
Context around Manhunt
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Manhunt
- In this selection, "manhunt" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, long, scale, huge, continues and continued stand out and add context to how "manhunt" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a huge manhunt was launched and a large manhunt to track. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "manhunt" sits close to words such as acknowledgement, anwar and applaud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with manhunt
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cheshire Police have launched a manhunt to find Martin Bartrop. (10 words)
A manhunt is currently underway, as the situation is still highly active. (12 words)
Card’s body was later found on Friday after a tense, two-day manhunt. (14 words)
A massive UK manhunt is underway after an ex-soldier facing terrorism charges slipped out of a London prison by strapping himself to the bottom of a van while dressed as a chef — with his escape going unnoticed for nearly an hour. (42 words)
Additionally, the Israeli military official noted that they are on a “manhunt” – both for the terrorist who killed the brothers Hallel Menachem Yaniv and Yigal Yaakov Yaniv and the person who shot and killed Palestinian man Sameh Aktash during the riots. (41 words)
A huge manhunt was launched to track down the gunman of what marks the worst mass shooting in the US since 21 young students and teachers were killed in a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
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Additionally, the Israeli military official noted that they are on a “manhunt” – both for the terrorist who killed the brothers Hallel Menachem Yaniv and Yigal Yaakov Yaniv and the person who shot and killed Palestinian man Sameh Aktash during the riots.
After a large-scale manhunt, he was found again, several months later, by armed police in rented accomodation in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza using the name Vincent McCall, of Suriname.
A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University, killing three people and wounding five more, before fatally shooting himself miles away after an hours-long manhunt that forced frightened students to hide in the dark.
A huge manhunt was launched to track down the gunman of what marks the worst mass shooting in the US since 21 young students and teachers were killed in a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
A manhunt continues for the suspect accused of shooting five neighbors "execution style" after a dispute over gunfire Friday night,.
A manhunt is currently underway, as the situation is still highly active.
A massive UK manhunt is underway after an ex-soldier facing terrorism charges slipped out of a London prison by strapping himself to the bottom of a van while dressed as a chef — with his escape going unnoticed for nearly an hour.
An FBI agent on the scene near Houston acknowledged they have little to go on in the widening manhunt for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, who has.
As McNamara appeared in Kogarah Local Court charged with murder and supplying 3kg of methamphetamine and was refused bail, a manhunt was on for Rogerson.
Authorities believe Eizember hid out in wooded areas around the towns of Depew and Bristow for more than 30 days while law enforcement agencies launched a large manhunt to track him down.
Card’s body was later found on Friday after a tense, two-day manhunt.
Cheshire Police have launched a manhunt to find Martin Bartrop.
Colby Richards, 31, disappeared in the early hours of May 26 after leaving his home without his phone or wallet, leading to a frantic week-long manhunt.
Cops have confirmed that they have now launched a manhunt to locate the men involved in the attack.
Detectives and forensic officers remained at the cordoned off shopping centre entrance on Thursday as they scoured the car park and surrounding streets for evidence as the manhunt continued for two more alleged offenders.
Edafe added that the police had consequently launched a manhunt for the fleeing suspects.
He said arrests have been made but investigations and a manhunt for the criminals have been launched.
It came after a mass manhunt was launched last Wednesday after he allegedly escaped from the Category B men's prison in the morning.
Last week French President Emmanuel Macron said Depardieu had become the target of a "manhunt", while his family has denounced an "unprecedented conspiracy" against him.
Common combinations with manhunt
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- manhunt for 61×
- launched manhunt 32×
- the manhunt 27×
- manhunt was 15×
- manhunt is 12×
- manhunt to 12×
- massive manhunt 10×
- nationwide manhunt 7×
- on manhunt 6×
- manhunt and 5×