Prowling
[praʊlɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prowl
(a.) Accustomed to prowl, or engaged in roving stealthily, as for prey.
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Examples
- Mr Merdle and his noble guest persisted in prowling about at opposite ends of the perspective. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Many wrecks have been found by these bottom-prowling scouts and valuable material recovered. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The winged furies were now prowling gossips who dropped in on each other for tea. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Clayton's first thought was to arrange a sleeping shelter for the night; something which might serve to protect them from prowling beasts of prey. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Wildeve snatched up the lantern and began anxiously prowling among the furze and fern. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She was a most wonderful woman for prowling about the house. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The night before, she had reached Datchet; and, prowling about, had found a baker's shop open and deserted. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The children took the cows and goats out to graze, and brought them in at night before the wolves and bears came prowling. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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