- present perfect progressive of prowl (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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This year, one of Ireland's most haunting creations has been prowling the streets as the sinister she wolf is brought to life for the festival.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
For the past several weeks, Michelangelo Antonioni has been prowling the streets of London, looking toward making a film on�of all things�the swinging London scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sulzberger has been prowling Europe's corridors of power, acquiring a broad acquaintance with Poo-Bahs, potentates, foreign ministers and heads of state.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Bo, if you met that grizzly Dale said has been prowling round camp lately you'd run right up a tree," declared Helen, one morning, when Bo seemed particularly boastful.
From The Man of the Forest by Grey, Zane
Fauville relating to old Langernault; and, secondly, that he has been prowling around and inside old Langernault's property to-day for reasons that also remain to be seen.
From The Teeth of the Tiger by Leblanc, Maurice
