How To Use Prowl In A Sentence

It still whispered about, prowling in the back of his consciousness, murmuring darkly even though his body was slack with well-satisfied relief. Captured by Moonlight
Your new beau is prowling about, setting the mood. Times, Sunday Times
You can put the 'blackie' up in some quarter of the house where he can move about at will without disturbing any of your own servants, and can get in and out at all hours; he will be useful, you know, in prowling about the grounds at night and ascertaining if the lady really does go to bed when she retires to her room. Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces
Large packs of black matted mastiffs prowl the streets for scraps, occasionally breaking into fights of heart-stopping ferocity.
He adjusted his tie and slicked back his cowlick, ready for the prowl.

Waldi warns us not to set up our beds outside the camp tonight as hyenas and jackals prowl this area.
I got the urge to prowl around inside. Times, Sunday Times
Hasidic men, in their long black coats, black hats, untrimmed beards, and side curls known as payot, prowl the pavement in search of a transaction. Crystal Death
He sleeps curled up in dark corners and his movements consist largely of prowls and leaps.
He hated driving prowlers, often complaining that they made traffic around him drive at exactly the speed limit.
The two were apparently in bed when the prowler rousted the couple and took some cash, credit cards and then drove away with Holloway's Mercedes - Benz.
She very nearly made Edie feel inadequate by the sheer felinity of her movements, by the sensuous grace of her silent prowl, the lively flicks of her tail.
The dog was prowling around her, as if it was a wild animal guarding his prey. The Sun
The man on the prowl piddled in his Rambo-wannabe camouflage pants and fled the scene.
This far from human and Elven lands there are all manner of unchancy things prowling. Tran Siberian
I have a daily prowl, like everyone else; I go here, here, here.
The tiger prowled through the jungle.
It is hard to imagine what makes people desperate enough to leave their country to prowl the oceans in unseaworthy boats.
I would have liked to have spent several days in Iona, prowling by myself around its haunted ruins and getting acquainted with its quaint inhabitants. The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career
Infrastructure funds and sovereign wealth funds are still on the prowl. Times, Sunday Times
Shith stubbed out his cigarette with the toe of his boot, glancing around the perimeter of the house for any prowlers or signs of danger.
My innocent pleasure in those evenings shattered when a local gossip spread the word that I was on the prowl for other women's husbands, one in particular.
Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it.
a boy, that diabolized my imagination, -- I mean, that gave me a distinct apprehension of a formidable bodily shape which prowled round the neighborhood where I was born and bred. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
She prowled the night like an unquiet spirit.
And fear not if you find him prowling the corridors at odd hours. Times, Sunday Times
Guests at the pan have seen leopards prowling, kudus fleeing predators and lions killing. Times, Sunday Times
This can be seen when he glimpses himself on the prowl in Manhattan. Times, Sunday Times
Slime-filled canals in the creatures 'heads - known as the "ampullae of Lorenzini" - let them sniff out the electric field of bottom-feeding flatfish concealed in mud or sand, leading to a tasty treat for the prowling elasmobranch. The Register
The UNSC prowler Dusk hovered in the shadow zone of the fourth planet's moon.
The next day, the wolf's footsteps on the snow showed that he had spent the night in prowling round the hut, and that its frail defence had not excluded him from entering it. A Book of Golden Deeds
I got the urge to prowl around inside. Times, Sunday Times
There have been a few laughs around the village this week following the Democrat's cover of the colonies of wild feral cats prowling around.
Mihal prowled through the tray of jewels, flicking stones over with his slender fingers.
They prowled about barns and henneries and rabbit hutches until the people in the village woke up to the idea that the boys of Hill-top school were taking a lively interest in the welfare of all animals. Master Sunshine
With all the senses tingling, you can hear the hippos at the watering hole; the croak of the bullfrogs; smell the dank scent of the cooling earth and anticipate, with trepidation, a prowling lioness.
And that now is a good time to see the males, out prowling for babes.
He was banned from prowling the streets between 5pm and 5am. The Sun
From muggings to murders, recent crime patterns show citizens returning home from office or an outing late in the night have become soft targets of the men on prowl.
In this part of the world, leopards emerge from the forested hills to prowl around the crops. Times, Sunday Times
We'd take turns staying up and listening for prowlers or break-ins.
I prowled around the lake admiring the beautiful scenery.
A nice patch of wild prairie, through which a Mega-Cat could prowl in search of prey had been replaced by a flat, featureless mud-plain.
He saw a hungry wolf on the prowl with his telescope.
By night, he is Axle Grinder Man, a caped crusader who prowls the streets in a blue catsuit and gold boots, ‘liberating ‘clamped cars.’
Shooting an Indian from an and-bush is acting up to his own principles, and now we have what you call a lawful war on our hands, the sooner you wipe that disgrace off your conscience, the sounder will be your sleep; if it only come from knowing there is one inimy the less prowling in the woods. The Deerslayer: Or, the First War-path
It came as a shock to her to realize that fact -- she was becoming as wild as this "cowpuncher" husband of hers, who even now was sallying forth with spade and ax to excavate a shallow grave in the frozen earth, to save a man's body from prowling wolves. Colorado Jim
Shooting an Indian from an and-bush is acting up to his own principles, and now we have what you call a lawful war on our hands, the sooner you wipe that disgrace off your conscience, the sounder will be your sleep; if it only come from knowing there is one inimy the less prowling in the woods. The Deerslayer: Or, the First War-path
Schools of mature spawners mass along the beachfront, often prowling within reach of piers and jetties.
But by warning people that burglars are on the prowl, it is hoped the criminals will not be able to take advantage of any easy pickings.
I'm now checking for prowlers two or three times a night.
Any celebration of Stravinsky must include dance, and Mark Morris, whose choreographic work for a previous festival, "Mozart Dances," miraculously captured every musical shape and impulse in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 11, is now offering Stravinsky's "Renard," a small theater piece based on a Russian tale about farmyard animals outwitting a prowling fox. Stravinsky Crashes the Party
Parrotfish, filefish and sergeant major fish prowled as starfish lurked on the bottom. CANOE Travel Features
The block is "uninviting", "treeless", shadowy; the buzzer is broken; the sounds of gunfire echo in the night; a "black doberman the size of a wolf" prowls nearby. The Guardian World News
The stars and crew of Coronation Street have become used to seeing politicians prowling round their place of work, as though a picture on the set of Britain's most venerable soap opera is a political rite of passage.
On moonless nights when the landlord and his wife were too busy with trade to notice his absence, he prowled the bay, committing to memory its tidal vagaries and hazards to navigation, while he easily scried the maneuvers of the Cathran fleet and judged the competence of the different squadron leaders. Conqueror's Moon
He might prowl about for a week or two like a dog in springtime, then, all skin and bones and weary of the world, he would return from his wanderings and never recall what happened to him, what women had said, what they smelled and tasted like ... A beautiful excerpt from Sunflower
But when I see cats prowling on my property, I have no qualms about dousing them with water.
It is most common for prowlers to enter through unsecured windows.
The Indians are constantly prowling around trying to steal our horses and kill straggling men.
Thrilling graphics of Sabre Tooth Tigers prowling the Severn Tundra were set alongside piles of bodies accelerating towards the moon extrapolated from the population growth of a small Brazilian village, but no more. Archive 2007-10-21
All the evidence pointed to a prowler and a competent cop should have realized it would, before staging some kind of object-lesson. A MEANS TO EVIL
My mind is a fanciful beast, painting its way across the cupboards -- a jabberwock on the prowl. Stem-d Diary Entry
Let's just say that even one of the analysts characterized Pitino's movements as "prowling" the other day. March 2009
A woman more bone than skin prowling forward on bare feet. 365 tomorrows » 2010 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
If the killer comes prowling around to their side of the tree, they simply dart to the blind side again.
However, that doesn't stop us from prowling tradeshow aisles, stuffing our bags full o' swag and filling our local disks with downloads.
I could hear him prowling around in his bedroom all night.
The prowler was the only unfamiliar thing, harmless and weaponless now that his scissors lay abandoned on the floor between the sisters’ beds. Slice Of Cherry
We were huddled in a shadowy corner so that just in case anyone was prowling around they wouldn't spot us.
It was lying around in that house for hours... And nephew Julian is a prowler. IN REMEMBRANCE OF ROSE
In this strange attire he performs a stunning solo full of autumnal pride, leonine prowling and swan-like grace.
The prowler was spotted at an upstairs window by a neighbour who immediately alerted the police, presumably to give them advance warning that he was going to ‘have a go’ himself.
We had to keep drawing apart as occasional couples, and sometimes prowling single men, passed nearby.
a lawful war on our hands, the sooner you wipe that disgrace off your character, the sounder will be your sleep; if it only come from knowing there is one inimy the less prowling in the woods. The Deerslayer
What is more frightening is that prowlers can have the audacity to attack a home around 10: 00 hours and walk away untouched.
Justin Timberlake caught "prowling" a party for hookups. Michael Drucker: Exploiting Celebrity Tragedy On Spec
Start early and you may surprise little green or great blue herons prowling the shallows.
Von Kleist jaegers prowl the woods, directed by Colonel von Kleist and his aide on horseback. Freikorps von Kleist (FC12)
Defeated by the locked door of Bluebeard 's Chamber, Annie prowled around upstairs again, forgetting her inhibitions in frustration. THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE
Can ` t say too much as their hunter-killers are in automated prowl mode protecting reputations (making me feel safe and be safe no doubt). You Heard It Here First (Bulbgate) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
The department received numerous complaints over several weeks of a leap of leopards prowling the area.
The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending.
We had burglaries and robberies and car prowls and thefts and domestic violence cases that to my way of thinking deserved much higher priority.
The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending.
He was prowling the streets for years and it's more than possible there were other victims. The Sun
Your new beau is prowling about, setting the mood. Times, Sunday Times
Eight security guards prowl the corridors making sure that people do not misbehave. Times, Sunday Times
With access to hundreds of cars through his clamping firm, he was able to prowl the streets, reasonably confident that he could evade detection. Times, Sunday Times
The new administration are on the prowl for ways to reduce spending.
Denton gave Peshlakai a cellphone, showed him how to use it, and told him when he saw anyone prowling around up the canyon, he should call. THE WAILING WIND
Shopkeepers said the wardens were prowling up and down the street waiting to pounce on anyone outstaying their parking time - and their actions were driving away customers, with takings in some shops down by 25 per cent.
Not a raccoon nor a muskrat is the wayfarer likely to meet with here to-night; but the gray rat of civilization is to be dimly discerned, as he lopes along the gutters in his nightly prowl. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867
The Ringmaster System will enable schools to rapidly receive information from police or Neighbourhood Watch on everything from vandalism to prowlers.
Result, a combination of editorial diktat and police street closures which had kept the hordes of Gideon at a distant prowl. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
As I prowl its gold-paved nooks and wynds, from bookie to bingo parlour, amusement arcade to Lotto shop, I sense fate has fingered me for imminent riches.
An imposing leather-clad figure whose movements reminded one of a large cat prowling.
He paused, she looked like a tigress on the prowl, and briefly wondered if he should try and run through the crowds to avoid a public confrontation.
The country folk, who were prowling about the shore after the waifs of the storm, deserted "jetsom and lagend," and crowded to meet the richer prize which was coming in Hereward, the Last of the English
And he was prowling about, was he? The Princess and the Goblin
He assumed it belonged to a caretaker or some such person from the nursing home, who'd been patrolling the gardens for prowlers, had seen him sitting there and decided to investigate.
Wolves prowled the forest in search of prey.
A mysterious prowler scours London's underground sewers and tube lines, searching for suitable victims.
The story goes that I was out with a bunch of 6 or so single 30 something ladies, and let's just say that prowling is a verb that springs to mind. Ye olden tymes.
His earlier ancestors had prowled the delta marshes near Bubastis, and lived as hunters and fowlers for millennia.
It also kept the idea of evil as a devilish personal force prowling around ready to get into you.
In the same sector, on the evening of February 22, 2003, a dog was slain by the beast that prowls the Candelero Abajo Sector.
The show returns tomorrow following lions, leopards and cheetahs prowling the African plains. The Sun
That Lycaelon was a stern master was no secret; he did not approve of his servants "prowling," as he put it, during the bells of proper sleep. Tran Siberian
And underneath the trees lions were prowling about. The Water Babies
He was prowling the streets for years and it's more than possible there were other victims. The Sun
Mdlles.;" or else, from time to time, some josser, a friend of the manager's or an agent, prowling around among the flesh-colored tights. The Bill-Toppers
Their fellow travellers are a mix of honeymooners, single girls on the prowl and elderly couples.
And fear not if you find him prowling the corridors at odd hours. Times, Sunday Times
It brings out deeply hidden atavistic instincts buried deep within you and you begin to prowl in search of prey.
The show returns tomorrow following lions, leopards and cheetahs prowling the African plains. The Sun
The priest hastened back to the wagon, and with well-affected calmness told the baron that it would be impossible for him to take up his abode at the Borderie at present, that several suspicious-looking characters had been seen prowling about, and that they must be more prudent than ever, now they could rely upon the kindly intervention of Martial de Sairmeuse. The Honor of the Name
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He said: ‘At the home of Richard Clarke, in Moorland Avenue, his partner and her sons were disturbed by a prowler at about 2am.’
Something dangerous-sounding padded on soft feet into the warehouse and prowled around outside her field of vision, panting hungrily.
It also kept the idea of evil as a devilish personal force prowling around ready to get into you.
The suspicious stranger prowls the streets of the town
I saw someone prowling around among the trees.
The prowler has tried to get through windows and doors of retirement homes in Woodcock Park and Whitfield Close in Warminster.
Initially, the bears come prowling in search of roots, forbs, and berries in the moist riverine bottoms.
I thought of him prowling the streets at night, lonely, perhaps even a little drunk, unable to slake his unknown cravings.
Out in the street the loudspeakers bellow, the flags flutter from the rooftops, the police with their tommy-guns prowl to and fro, the face of the Leader, four feet wide, glares from every hoarding; but up in the attics the secret enemies of the régime can record their thoughts in perfect freedomthat is the idea, more or less. As I Please
It is a little weird to see tigers, lions and cheetahs prowling around unmistakably English countryside. The Sun
Inside her head Allie stared into the darkness helplessly and saw the three prowling, amorphous figures. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
You think the prowler is a figment of my imagination. The Flower Man
After three months of much-needed TLC, Monty the moggy is on the prowl for a new home.
All night-prowling animals have widely dilatable pupils, and in addition to this they have in the retina a special organ called the tapetum lucidum, the function of which is to reflect to a focus in front of them the relatively few rays of light that enter the widely-dilated pupil and thus enable them the better to see their way. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Rogue government and rebel militias who prowl rural areas are hardly accountable to higher authorities.
However, the only ‘great whites’ likely to be on display are the untanned torsos of some of the bathers or the gleaming smiles of the children as they play in the water, unaware that inflatable sharks will be prowling the pool.
Look out for burglars on the prowl. If you see anything suspicious, call the police immediately.
Do not openly publish your phone number as there is a conman on a prowl for victim.
But before she could swing her fist forward, the prowler screamed and staggered backward, pinwheeling past Fancy and then crashing into the vanity. Slice Of Cherry
And underneath the trees lions were prowling about. The Water Babies
He slowly got up, checking both ends of the wide street for Guards or other late-night prowlers, then softly jogged to the next intersection.
When he reached the road he began to swear godlessly, reproaching and cursing every student, legatus, and hound of a priest, who, instead of praising God at home, prowled about the high-roads, and spoiled a hard working man's business. Debts of Honor
We had divine days in between, to be sure, when we'd prowl out into the woods around the city, with a picnic lunch, or bummel along the waterfront, ending at a counter we knew, which produced, or the man behind it produced, delectable and cheap clubhouse sandwiches. An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker
Has anyone begun to question the prowler they found near the Princes' Sanctuary as yet?
It is a little weird to see tigers, lions and cheetahs prowling around unmistakably English countryside. The Sun
Vile intrigues, unnatural crimes, and every vice that degrades our nature, have been the steps to this distinguished eminence; yet millions of men have supinely allowed the nerveless limbs of the posterity of such rapacious prowlers to rest quietly on their ensanguined thrones. 5 5 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Soon, he will be on the prowl and striking at will.
Beneath a prowlike keelbone were lean yellow-skinned arms whose hands, evolved from talons, each bore three sharp-clawed fingers flanked by two thumbs, and a dewclaw on the inner wrist. The Day Of Their Return
Baits in summer really don't matter too much with big hungry carp swimming around on the prowl for a good nosh-up but in winter I feel the bait, and the baiting up, is probably the most crucial factor to success.
There's no loony-haired maniac gurning in a murky tunnel this time around; no prowling cat's eyed gargantuan ripping out raps menacingly.
At four I got up and prowled the flat, checking doors and windows were shut, uncomfortable and alone.
There was a fox on the prowl near the chicken coop.
He'd gone along on their senseless, asinine prowl, ignoring them the whole way, hating what he was surrounded by and hating himself for reasons he could no longer understand.
The dog was prowling around her, as if it was a wild animal guarding his prey. The Sun
Waldi warns us not to set up our beds outside the camp tonight as hyenas and jackals prowl this area.
Caliesen stopped his prowl around the room and looked at her, his big yellow eyes fixed on her.
It is a little weird to see tigers, lions and cheetahs prowling around unmistakably English countryside. The Sun
Campbell certainly seemed to recognize the signs of a modelizer on the prowl. Naomi Campbell's diamond-crusted blow to bravado at Charles Taylor war-crimes trial
Celebrities roll up here, doing the interview rounds as autograph hunters prowl the street in packs. Times, Sunday Times
Clean-cut, in sharp suits, and with short hair at a time when that was unfashionable, they prowled around muttering into wires that protruded from their shirt cuffs.
The tiger prowled through the jungle.
Prowling the stage like a drunken panther, his tales of emotional torture may have grown tiresome, but his incendiary political material proved a rip-roaring success.
Then Mark Foley popped up (sorry) and revealed that not only was one of the GOP's staunchest defenders of "family values" on the prowl for young muscle studs, the cover-up of his activities was engineered by the Republican House leadership in order to protect their political asses from the wrath of the so-called "values voters. October 2006
I was sitting next to Terri-a black wolf prowling the night.
They smell of cabbage and are much prowled over by vagrom cats. Jill the Reckless
Police have warned homeowners to keep their eyes open for backyard prowlers following a recent spate of thefts outside homes in Bundaberg.
Melly - the centre that is - was on the prowl and with a jink to his right and a feint with his ball hand, he glided through the Boyne midfield to score at the posts.
Less and less did he like the idea of prowling about the place of Henry Pollard at this time of night. Six Feet Four
She pictured their mouthless faces and huge claws and decided that if the Brothers were always prowling around outside the Institute, she would stay inside and learn to love the taste of pigeon. The Lost Children
His latest assignment is to the U.S.S. San Pablo, a gunboat prowling the rivers of China in an effort to keep American interests safe from the indigenous people.
Added to this, bodachs are prowling the halls, and Odd knows what that means: an event of terrible violence is pending.
It brings out deeply hidden atavistic instincts buried deep within you and you begin to prowl in search of prey.
Her husband heard of the incident and rushed home, arriving about 12: 30 A.M., upon which he said he saw a prowler at the bedroom window.
The Osmia's larvæ, in fact, contrive to enclose themselves in an egg-shaped cocoon, dark brown in colour and very strong, which preserves them both from the rough contact of their shapeless cells and from the mandibles of voracious parasites, Acari, [5] Cleri [6] and Anthreni, [7] those manifold enemies whom we find prowling in the galleries, seeking whom they may devour. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
Their approach was prowlingly sinister, the ponies stepping gingerly down the slope, the snapping of twigs beneath their hoofs clear in the waiting silence. The Emigrant Trail
Not by humans, but by Prowlers, a group of ancient creatures whose handiwork is typically thought to be that of wolves. Slayground: Booklist: Monster Mash
On August 19, he lost his seventh straight decision, and there were whispers that Zimmer planned to bring up a rookie, Bobby Sprowl, a fastballer who was 5–3 at Pawtucket. The Greatest Game
Denton gave Peshlakai a cellphone, showed him how to use it, and told him when he saw anyone prowling around up the canyon, he should call. THE WAILING WIND
I could hear him prowling around in his bedroom all night.
If the killer comes prowling around to their side of the tree, they simply dart to the blind side again.
Another jemadar prowled, revolver in one hand, primed grenade in the other, and kukri clenched between his teeth.
It is the most dangerous place you can be in Syria, with the security forces prowling the corridors looking for protesters who managed to escape. Times, Sunday Times
But when I see cats prowling on my property, I have no qualms about dousing them with water.
The dog was prowling around her, as if it was a wild animal guarding his prey. The Sun
She pictured some prowling Martian, or other alien invader, inspecting the strangeness of the twilit human world. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY
They would then go and fence their ill-gotten gains, before returning to the streets to prowl once more.
After he talked to me, he prowled the university halls buttonholing random students and asking them questions.
Our cats go on the prowl at night, and then they sleep here all day.
Withals.] [Footnote 49: A.S. _ætwítan_, twit; _oðwítan_, blame.] [Footnote 50: ‘prowl, proll, to seek for prey, from Fr. _proie_ by the addition of a formative _l_, as kneel from knee.’ Early English Meals and Manners
The two were apparently in bed when the prowler rousted the couple and took some cash, credit cards and then drove away with Holloway's Mercedes - Benz.
His round hairless face encages an assortment of features that prowl across the surface, searching for means of escape.
Treading silently like tigers on the prowl, they slipped into the silky black shadows, blending into the night like wraiths.
But she was gone, leaving Regin and Natalya trapped like sitting ducks, still wearing their torques, while Pravus soldiers began prowling the ward. Dreams of a Dark Warrior
She wouldn't leave it lying around for some casual prowler to find. THE DUTCH BLUE ERROR
I could hear him prowling around in his bedroom all night.
You can put the 'blackie' up in some quarter of the house where he can move about at will without disturbing any of your own servants and can get in and out at all hours; he will be useful, you know, in prowling about the grounds at night and ascertaining if the lady really does go to bed when she retires to her room. Cleek, the Master Detective
He was banned from prowling the streets between 5pm and 5am. The Sun
The small trees that grew about it shivered in their leaflessness; the rank grass was wan under the failing day; most of the stones leaned this way or that, emblems of neglect (they were very white at the top, and darkened downwards till the damp soil made them black), and certain cats and dogs were prowling or sporting among the graves. The Nether World
Therefore the delight of the critic in the multivalence of Hamlet's madness, or speculation on the motives for the delay in revenge are false problems; Hamlet is under palace arrest, and only by his assumed antic disposition (plan known to Horatio) does he have li - cense to prowl and to spy. Dictionary of the History of Ideas
The dog was prowling around her, as if it was a wild animal guarding his prey. The Sun
Better uniformity of light improves home security by getting rid of dark shadows where prowlers could lurk.
Perhaps the highlight of Ms. Russell's career was co-starring with another bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Anita Loos's sly 1953 hit musical about a pair of showgirls on the prowl. Actress Heated Up the Silver Screen

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