prowl
verb (used without object)
to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
have been prowling
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present perfect progressiveof prowl.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Although driverless cars have been prowling San Francisco streets for years, to date they’ve either been staffed with human safety drivers or, if fully driverless, occupied by company employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
But within a month I’d read two novels and listened to an audio book – all in the free time when I’d otherwise have been prowling around social apps looking for validation.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 14, 2017
Soviet agents have been prowling naval bases like Toulon, on the Mediterranean, which houses two carriers and the nuclear submarine Rubis.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rat, then, must have been prowling around me all the while, without my having known of it.
From The Boy Tar by Edward Read
Young Van der Meulen’s heavy, immovable countenance changed slightly, but he replied that he could give no explanation except that perhaps a leopard might have been prowling about; they were pretty numerous in the kloof.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by H.A. Bryden
