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.
  • On Tuesday, the manhunt was over, but the big cat was still at large.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2021
  • 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
  • Their calls touched off a manhunt that led to Lunn, who was found hours later on Sauvie Island.
    — oregonlive, 28 June 2021
  • 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
  • Haiti is a country under siege as the manhunt for the killers of President Jovenel Moïse ramps up.
    — Vladimir Duthiers, CBS News, 9 July 2021
  • 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
  • Three suspects have been killed, while a mass manhunt is underway for the five suspects still on the loose.
    — Caitlin Hu, Mitchell McCluskey and Jessie Yeung, CNN, 12 July 2021
  • The suspect fled the scene on a bike and police say was en route out of the city within 45 minutes, leading to a five-day manhunt.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Part of that pressure comes from a hefty reward offered as part of the Houston PD's manhunt.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The two were at the center of an 11-day manhunt before Casey White was captured in Indiana.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, 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
  • The manhunt gripped millions in China, many of whom openly hoped he would never be caught.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • The manhunt began when police got reports of a shooting and found a car on the highway near Exit 26.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 26 June 2021
  • 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
  • Police found the body of Kaminski’s husband near his vehicle the next day following a manhunt.
    — Liam Quinn, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • All four students were found fatally stabbed inside a home in Moscow, near their university’s campus on Nov. 14, sparking a weeks-long manhunt for the suspect.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025

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