prowl
verb (used without object)
to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
have prowled
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present perfectof prowl.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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So the first roar of the 2025 Lions has been heard - some old cats who have prowled this terrain before, some cubs who are experiencing this for the first time.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
Hoping to catch a flash of black and white, animal lovers have prowled the roadways and train tracks near Upper Marlboro where the trio was said to have been spotted.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 21, 2021
Thumb through the crime fiction canon, round up all the private detectives who have prowled the streets of Los Angeles — you could field a football squad.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2020
I have prowled through rooms of pottery and ironwork, never tiring of these quirky treasures.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2016
After the palmer perhaps there would have prowled a rather more sinister figure: one of those who “sleep by day and watch by night, eat well and drink well, but possess nothing.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
