Example Sentences
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Founder and executive producer Andrés Rigal, part master of ceremonies and part fairy godmother, prowls the line, handpicking the most striking attendees and sending them past the bouncer with a nod and a smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
Diaz said roughly one-third of the guns Seattle police recover in any given year have been reported stolen, usually in residential burglaries and, to a lesser extent, car prowls.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
Les Amazones, for example, is a rhythmically playful workout for the strings; while Minotaure prowls around the orchestra with sinister, tremoring bass notes from the cellos and the brass.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023
A panther prowls through tract housing, a polar bear strolls near oil rigs, a bison stands in a parking lot and a wolf trots past an interior wall papered with renderings of trees.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
“At night,” said Justin, “Dragon prowls the farmyard like a tiger. And you don’t see him until he’s on top of you.”
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
