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
You are positive you have not slept all night and that strange people have been prowling round you in the dark.
From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb
"Were you asleep, Richard, on these two nights when you have been prowling about the neighborhood?" demanded his father, sternly.
From In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. by Oliver Optic
