Example Sentences

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Darkness had stalked Thomas for weeks at the start of his sophomore season at Loyola Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

He said he had never taken her "anywhere outside of Glasgow", denied ever asking her to strip or that he had "stalked" her.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024

"Man-eating," on the other hand, included tigers that had stalked and attacked humans then eaten the body.

From Salon • May 18, 2022

Years earlier, when he was in middle school, students reported Johnson had stalked them on social media, engaging them in odd behavior, the Post reported.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022

I told them that the white tigers had stalked me through the snow but that I had fought them off with burning branches, and my great-grandparents had come to lead me safely through the forests.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston