stalked

[ stawkt ]

adjective

Origin of stalked

First recorded in 1725–35; stalk¹ + -ed³

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“I stalked her,” Lavie says matter-of-factly when asked how she and Ivgy first met.
‘Zero Motivation’: the Funny Side of the IDF | Melissa Leon | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Indeed, this is how police reacted to Amanda Hess when she reported that she was being stalked on Twitter.
Zelda Williams Is the Latest to Leave Twitter Because of Ugly Attacks | Tauriq Moosa | August 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
That big brain we so tout today was shaped by the mammoths we hunted, by the great cats and bears that sometimes stalked us.
American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad | Doug Peacock | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is set during the Irish Civil War, when the IRA stalked the Anglo-Irish, who responded with a mixture of fear and indignation.
Book Bag: The Best Imaginary Castles | Johanna Lane | June 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He is also a man stalked by his past, in both a literal and figurative sense.
A Bar of Paranoid Schizos: Robert Boswell’s ‘Tumbledown’ | Drew Toal | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

Strachan stalked to the prison and glancing over the prisoners called out, "Hiram Smith."
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. Dunn
He stalked into the room, and giving a stiff nod with his head, took the chair offered him by the black, in dignified silence.
The Spy | J. Fenimore Cooper
He glared about through the dimness at his silent men, then stalked through the door into the cook-camp.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward White
He stalked through as though there was not the slightest question that the peons would allow it.
The Flaming Mountain | Harold Leland Goodwin
Cattledon turned back the way she had come, and stalked along, her head in the air.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry Wood

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