Example Sentences

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Hunger has been stalking his child - and many others here - from birth.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023

Pierce Brosnan has taken legal action against a woman who he claims has been stalking him and his family at their Malibu home.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2022

“Flowers-Jackson advised the responding officer that ‘somebody has been stalking my computer’ and ‘my phone is being redirected,’ ” the arrest affidavit states.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022

In a Captain Hook revenge story for the ages, a man from Blountstown, Florida finally dispatched the 1,100 alligator that he says has been stalking him for two months.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2020

A kiss that has been stored up for days, a kiss that has been stalking me impatiently, waiting to be released.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir