prowl
verb (used without object)
to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
prowls
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pluralof prowl.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof prowl (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
prowlverb (used without object)to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
Example Sentences
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In all of them, the camera prowls behind the characters, a seemingly objective witness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2024
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
There’s been some talk of expanding the parking enforcers’ duties to include some things cops do now, like directing traffic or responding to car prowls.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
‘But where the warg howls, there also the orc prowls.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
