Example Sentences

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Fee said: "He knew that there'd be nobody up there. He was prowling."

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

A neighbor called the police to say she thought someone was prowling through cars.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

“He was prowling for hours over here,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022

Hunt was too nervous to talk to him, so Sudeikis took matters into his own hands, putting quarters on the pool table O’Brien was prowling and telling Hunt they had the next game with him.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2021

Every so often they’d start jumping, trying to escape some bigger fish that was prowling for lunch.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen