prowl
verb (used without object)
to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
were prowling
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past progressiveof prowl.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Merriweather Post Pavilion opened as the summer home of the National Symphony Orchestra, but before long, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and the Doors were prowling the Columbia amphitheater’s stage.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 29, 2017
Enlisting Drake and veteran Kevin Hart as head coaches meant the game’s biggest stars were prowling the sidelines.
From The Verge ● Feb. 15, 2016
But there's precious little concert footage of the four back when they were prowling the New York-New Jersey club scene.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2013
Leakey's find suggested that creatures amazingly like modern man were prowling about Africa long before Homo erectus appeared.
From Time Magazine Archive
Plumm’s not-so-cunning sec- ond-in-command claimed that three Yunkish slave-catchers were prowling through the camps, asking after a pair of escaped dwarfs.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
